Driving under the Influence of Alcohol and Substance and Related Psychological Factors/Alkol ve Madde Etkisi Altinda Arac Kullanimi ile Iliskili Psikolojik Faktorler

• Published in: Psikiyatride güncel yaklaşimlar 2015-06, Vol.7 (3), p.333
• Main Authors: Budak, Ersin, Taymur, Ibrahim
• Format: Article
• Language: Turkish
• Subjects: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Driving while intoxicated; Laws, regulations and rules; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Stress (Psychology); Substance abuse
• ISSN: 1309-0658
• DOI: 10.5455/cap.20141222124822

Driving under the influence of alcohol and substance use is an important traffic problem that caused many people in the world to lose their lives. Many features that are important in terms of driving adversely affected under the influence of alcohol and substance and therefore impaired driving behavior arises in drivers. The most effective way to fight for preventing this impaired driver behavior is the restrictions and regulations imposed on drivers in traffic related to alcohol and drug use. Nevertheless, in the literature, some drivers continue to impaired driving function with a risky traffic behavior, in which the driver personality (risk-taking, thrill-seeking, self-control), psychopathological (substance abuse, personality disorders, mood disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, anger and aggression), and many other neuropsychological features are considered to have a relationship with this situation. In this article psychological, psychopathological and neuropsychological studies have examined regarding drive under the influence of alcohol and drug. Key words; Alcohol, drugs, driver, psychological factors. Alkol ve madde etkisi altinda arac kullanimi, dunyada bircok insanin hayatini kaybetmesine neden olan onemli bir trafik sorunudur. Alkol ve madde etkisi altinda suruculerde surus acisindan onemli olan bircok ozellik olumsuz etkilenmekte ve bu nedenle suruculerde bozulmus surucu davranisi ortaya cikmaktadir. Bozulmus surucu davranisini engellemek icin belirlenen en etkili mucadele yollarindan birinin ise trafikte suruculere alkol ve madde kullanimina iliskin getirilen kisitlamalar ve yasal duzenlemeler oldugu kabul edilmektedir. Buna ragmen literaturde, bazi suruculerde riskli bir trafik davranisi olan bozulmus surucu davranisinin devam ettigi; bu suruculerde kisilik (risk alma, heyecan arayisi, ozdenetim), psikopatolojik (madde bagimliligi, kisilik bozukluklari, duygu durum bozukluklari, dikkat eksikligi hiperaktivite bozuklugu, travma sonrasi stres bozuklugu, anksiyete, ofke ve saldirganlik) ve noropsikolojik bircok ozelligin bozulmus surusle iliski ve etkisinin oldugu degerlendirilmistir. Bu yazida alkol ve madde etkisi altinda arac kullanimina iliskin yapilan psikolojik, psikopatolojik ve noropsikolojik calismalar incelenmistir. Anahtar sozcukler: Alkol, madde, surucu, psikolojik faktorler.