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Reasons students endorsed for personally misusing prescription psychiatric medications
| Reasons | Stimulants (n =45) | Benzodiazepines (n = 12) |
Antidepressants (n = 1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| To help study | 57.1% | -- | -- |
| To improve focus | 20.4% | -- | -- |
| To experiment | 8.2% | 6.7% | -- |
| To get high/”party” | 6.1% | 33.3% | -- |
| Self-medication | 4.1% | 6.7% | -- |
| To relax/”zone out” | -- | 26.7% | -- |
| To manage stress | -- | 6.7% | 100% |
| Other | 4.1% | 20% | -- |
