SOUZA, K. S. A.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7028667450766006; SOUZA, Karla Suellén de Araujo de.
Résumé:
There is a major worldwide concern with medical scholars about drug use, especially the
amphetamine class. The objective is to analyze the national and international literature on the
indiscriminate use of psychoactive substances, especially amphetamines, by medical students
from around the world. Being considered articles of the last 10 years (2009-2019), in
Portuguese, English and Spanish, which correspond to the theme and questions of the
research elaborated and are available for full reading. Exclusion as criteria: duplicate articles,
with previous data metion: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature
(LILACS); Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO), PubMed and SCOPUS. After the
critical evaluation, the results were organized in order to gather the information obtained and
related to the objective of the work. We found 1296 articles matching the sum of all searches
performed with the following Controlled Descriptors of Health Sciences (DeCS): "Medical
Students", "Amphetamines", "Drug addiction", "University Students". After applying the
inclusion and exclusion criteria, this amount can be reduced, resulting in 25 articles. Finally,
after excluding duplicate articles and full reading in order to refine the sample according to
the theme, 15 articles were chosen. It was evidenced a low level of knowledge among
students about the consequences of its use and its indiscriminate use, highlighting the
relevance of training students to cope with stress in order to reduce the risk of abuse.
Therefore, there is a need for the creation of preventive measures such as the implementation
of this subject in classes, as well as the distribution of teaching materials that increase
students' knowledge about the deleterious effects of drug misuse in general, especially
stimulants of the class. amphetamines such as methylphenidate.