@article{ref1,
title="An adolescent's use of veterinary medicines: a case report exploring addiction",
journal="Journal of psychoactive drugs",
year="2021",
author="Harms, Sheila and Rukundo, Godfrey Zari and Ashaba, Scholastic and Nuwamanya, Sympson and Kaggwa, Mark Mohan",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This case report describes a 17-year-old high school student serious suicide attempt using an injectable composite of veterinary medications (vitamins, vaccines,  antibiotics, and antihelminthics) typically used to treat chickens. The use of this  particular substance and the route of administration was novel as a method for  suicide lethality and there have been no previous cases of this kind. However, this  youth also developed chronic self-harming behaviors where she would repeatedly  self-inject the veterinarian medication composite which included substances that  were largely inert but did have a potential neuropsychiatric side effect profile  that complicated her psychiatric presentation. In this context of chronically  injecting a substance with unclear psychoactive properties, an interesting set of  symptoms and behaviors emerged that required diagnostic clarification and  interpretation. Diagnostic considerations for this youth included major depressive  disorder with psychotic features, a possible emerging borderline personality  disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well a possibility of an unknown  substance use disorder using the veterinary medication composite. The purpose of  this case study is to highlight the clinical course and explore sociocultural  factors, including family and interpersonal relationships as contextually important  variables.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0279-1072",
doi="10.1080/02791072.2021.1873466",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2021.1873466"
}