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Addiction in those with Special Needs (either Children or Adults)
My brother is full care with mental health issues and physically disabled. From a young age he has been on medications. He is 46 and lives in a group home. His behavioral outbursts are intense, in which he is given even more medications. We have Sunday dinner together as a family and his outbursts range from raging to crying. My son asked me what his trigger may be and I thought about a bit. See, he does not receive his medications until later in the evening when he returns home. So, I thought could part of his behavior issues be addiction related? He does not have the mental understanding to even know what addiction is, let alone how to react to it. It could explain alot of his behavioral issues.