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Self-medication, sometimes called do-it-yourself (DIY) medicine, is a human behavior in which an individual uses a substance or any exogenous influence to self-administer treatment for physical or psychological conditions, for example headaches or fatigue.
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The extracted context around Self-medication shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Self-medication → According, As, David, Duncan, Edward Khantzian, Khantzian, Mack, Schatzberg, SMH, Specifically, The, The SMH Another extracted example is Self-medication → Fincham, In, It, Jack, People, Safety, Selling, Z-drugs. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 54 structured relationships around Self-medication. Examples in this analysis include anxiety → instance of → While this may provide immediate relief of some symptoms and cocaine → instance of → Unawareness concerning the effects of illicit substances. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anxiety | instance of | While this may provide immediate relief of some symptoms | 0.80 | text |
| it may evoke and/or exacerbate some symptoms of several kinds of mental illnesses that are already latently present | instance of | While this may provide immediate relief of some symptoms | 0.80 | text |
| and may lead to addiction or physical dependency | instance of | While this may provide immediate relief of some symptoms | 0.80 | text |
| among other side effects of long-term use of the drug | instance of | While this may provide immediate relief of some symptoms | 0.80 | text |
| cocaine | instance of | Unawareness concerning the effects of illicit substances | 0.80 | text |
| methamphetamine or mephedrone can result in self-medication with these drugs by individuals affected with ADHD symptoms | instance of | Unawareness concerning the effects of illicit substances | 0.80 | text |
| panic disorder or social phobia | instance of | Of those who seek help from mental health services for conditions including anxiety disorders | 0.80 | text |
| approximately half have alcohol or benzodiazepine dependence issues.Sometimes anxiety precedes alcohol or benzodiazepine dependence but the alcohol or benzodiazepine dependence acts to keep the anxiety disorders going | instance of | Of those who seek help from mental health services for conditions including anxiety disorders | 0.80 | text |
| often progressively making them worse | instance of | Of those who seek help from mental health services for conditions including anxiety disorders | 0.80 | text |
| N-acetylcysteine have been proposed for the treatment of addiction to cocaine | instance of | Drugs which help to re-stabilize the glutamate system | 0.80 | text |
| nicotine | instance of | Drugs which help to re-stabilize the glutamate system | 0.80 | text |
| and alcohol | instance of | Drugs which help to re-stabilize the glutamate system | 0.80 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Self-medication bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Antibiotics, Medical and Drugs. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Self-medication, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Self-medication with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Self-medication to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Applications, Infectious diseases & Psychology and psychiatry, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Self-medication · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout