Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Substance Abuse

Substance abuse refers to excessive intake of a substance which is hazardous to health but it becomes a habit for a person to take it regularly which he finds unable to reduce or cease. It can be called as an addiction. Teenagers are the most affected category of substance abuse.
The reasons for the substance abuse differ according to different persons. Many times it is just peer pressure which makes teens start substance abuse. Some times there are emotional reasons such as feeling of being neglected, not being loved and cared, improper parenting, depression, poverty, stress in family etc. because of which person indulge in the substance abuse.
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