Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Substance Abuse

Substance abuse is the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit or misused drugs, in ways that damage health, functioning, and social life. It can affect cognition, mood, and behavior, and is associated with impairments in attention, memory, and decision-making, as well as w…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 88× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2644-1101 🗓 Reviewed October 2026

Overview

Substance abuse is the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit or misused drugs, in ways that damage health, functioning, and social life. It can affect cognition, mood, and behavior, and is associated with impairments in attention, memory, and decision-making, as well as with broader social and psychological consequences. Substance abuse frequently co-occurs with other mental health difficulties, and its causes and effects span individual, family, and community levels. Understanding the patterns, risk factors, and consequences of substance use, particularly among vulnerable groups, is important for prevention and support. This page sits within a journal focused on Human Psychology and related health and social concerns. The peer-reviewed open-access research collected here addresses substance use directly, including a study of drug abuse among street children, which examines a particularly vulnerable population, and research on the trends and inducing factors for illicit drug use within a national setting. Together these contributions reflect scholarly attention to the prevalence, drivers, and impact of substance abuse. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to substance abuse and its psychological and social dimensions.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

Drug Abuse among Street Children

Yahya Muhammed BahCorresponding author
Exact topic Clinical Research In HIV AIDS And Prevention Cited by 52 doi:10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-18-2291

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 88 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Substance Abuse, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Human Psychology (ISSN 2644-1101).

Journal editorial board
Christopher Mesagno · Australia Di Corrado Donatella · Italy Giulia Savarese · Italy

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