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Title: The gender dimension of non-medical use of prescription drugs in Europe and the Mediterranean region
Authors: Clark, Marilyn
Authors: Pompidou Group
Keywords: Drug abuse -- European Union Countries
Drug abuse -- Mediterranean Region
Drug abuse -- Sex differences -- European Union Countries
Drug abuse -- Sex differences -- Mediterranean Region
Psychotropic drugs -- European Union Countries
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: Council of Europe
Citation: Clark, M. (2015). The gender dimension of non-medical use of prescription drugs in Europe and the Mediterranean region. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
Abstract: Background: Understanding gender as it relates to drug use and drug-use disorders is a critical requirement for developing efiective policy and practice responses. This study aims to explore the gender dimension of the non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) in Europe and the Mediterranean region, to build on the corpus of knowledge on the subject, and to help identify gaps in this knowledge. Working definitions: This study uses the definition of NMUPD developed by the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2013 : “use of a prescription drug, whether obtained by prescription or otherwise, other than in the manner or for the time period prescribed, or by a person for whom the drug was not prescribed”. This study is concerned specifically with the use of psychotropic drugs. The term “non-medical use” does not correspond to the definition of substance-related disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-V, American Psychiatric Association, 2013). For the purpose of this study’s research tool, the “use of prescription drugs” was defined as “consumption with doctor’s prescription and/ or consumption as prescribed by a medical practitioner”. [Excerpt from the Executive summary]
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/127418
ISBN: 9789287180216
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