Considerations on addictions in the training of medical sciences professional

Lissette Miña Oliveros; Dunia O´Relly Noda; Zurieta Pérez Delgado; Celso García Hernández

2018, Number 2

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Rev Méd Electrón 2018; 40 (2)

Considerations on addictions in the training of medical sciences professional

Miña OL, O´Relly ND, Pérez DZ, García HC

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ABSTRACT

Currently, any activity the individual is not able to control, that lead him to compulsive behavior damaging his life quality is accepted as addiction. Drug-dependence, also called drug addiction of pharmacodependence, is a health problem caused by the frequent use of addictive substances called drugs. It is not a news that a big quantity of university students consume controlled drugs to supposedly potentiate their academic competence. Cuba is not free of this reality in spite of being a world bulwark in the antidrug fight. This behavior imitation or learning is a key element among teenagers and university students, the difficulty rests in the drug access for the students of several specialties, what is not a trouble for the Medicine students. We briefly expose several considerations on the theme.