Symptom: Substance abuse
Substance abuse: Abuse of illicit substances
Detailed cause information for symptom: Substance abuse:
Medical articles on symptoms: These general medical articles may be of interest:
- Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
- Symptoms and Medical Malpractice
- Medical mistakes and their rates, causes and prevention
- Deaths and sudden death
Substance abuse type of: Society problems (157)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions
Possible causes of symptom: Substance abuse: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Substance abuse as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Some possible causes of substance abuse may include:
- General low self-esteem
- General financial stress
- Relationship difficulty (see Disorganization)
- Relationship break-up
- Divorce
- Teenage experimentation
- Grief
- Some psychological disorders that may cause substance abuse include:
- Depressive disorders
- Depression
- Dysthymia
- Schizophrenia - where drugs or alcohol are used as a coping mechanism.
Conditions listing symptoms: Substance abuse: The following list of conditions have 'Substance abuse' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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