Brain wave study and psychiatric nurse’s roles in stress management and deliberate self-harm prevention among adolescents with substance abuse

Abstract

Stress and deliberate self-harm are phenomena commonly found among adolescents with substance abuse because they are more likely to have inappropriate stress management that can lead to deliberate self-harm behavior. These dynamically-related behaviors are consistent with both psycho analysis theory and personality theory of Freud S. and Adler A., respectively. The former describes
that the internal conflict in an individual’s mind induces such behaviors, while the latter explains that those behaviors are the compensation for inferiority feelings in the effort to escape problems and distract attention from psychological pains. Adolescents with these behaviors tend to be emotionally volatile, are more prone to be motivated towards impulsiveness and lack of inhibition. The excessive beta brain wave activities are thus triggered resulting in though regression and learning obstacles.

Therefore, psychiatric nurse’s roles and ongoing nursing care activities are considered as integral and necessary treatment and rehabilitation guideline for recurrence prevention for adolescents with substance abuse. Screening and searching for the substance abusers as well as assessing of stress and deliberate self-harm behavior should conduct in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team
and gatekeeper by means of transfer the substance abusers and case management. This not only enables the adolescents with substance abuse to receive ongoing care but also reduces hospital revisits, appropriate stress management, deliberate self-harm leading to their ability to resume better quality of life enjoyment and long-lasting livability in harmony with community and society.