Year: 2023
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: Introduction: The use of anxiolytics is becoming increasingly popular in today’s society, especially among academics. However, improper use can cause adverse effects and become a health problem. Objectives: This is an integrative literature review whose objective is to evaluate the neurological side effect of anxiolytics among students. Methods: This is a systematic review, consulted the Databases PubMed, SciELO and Google Scholar. Chosen as descriptors (DeCS): “Anti-Anxiety Agents”, “Nervous System Diseases” and “Students” separated by Boolean connectors, and articles in English and Portuguese. Results: These evidenced the exacerbated and unknown use of anxiolytics as a problem in the school environment, including cognitive ones. Moreover, it was also exposed that neurological effects, in addition to cognition, can range from changes in social relationships, such as behavioral (mood destabilization, convulsion, psychosis). In addition, given its potential for dependence, it was also evidenced that medical prescription is essential for both initiation and cessation of treatment. Conclusion: The exacerbated and unknowing use of anxiolytics as a problem in the school environment, having the potential to negatively affect mental and physical health. It is possible to infer those problems such as the failure of communication between the health professional and the patient, abandonment of treatment and disobedience to medical guidance are still recurrent.
Authors: Ana Carolina Correia Cruz, Lara Dorighetto Gomes, Ana Paula dos Reis Castro, Luana Carla dos Santos, André Dias Almeida Mucci de Aguiar, Carlos Alexandre Gomes Passarinho Menezes, Luiza Goulart Bacha Bustamante, Maria Eduarda Andrade Luciano, Sarah Araújo do Rosário, Isabeli Gomes de Oliveira, Letícia Silveira Arut, André Luis Andriolo
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4383503532