20.500.12556/DiRROS-32430 Trends in hospital admissions for psychoactive substance intoxication among children, adolescents, and young adults in slovenia, 2013–2023 Background/Objectives: Intoxication by psychoactive substances (PASs) in children, adolescents, and young adults is a growing public health concern, with evolving patterns of use and hospital presentation. This study aimed to analyze the trends in hospital admissions for PASs among children and youth aged 10 to 24 years in Slovenia during the 2013–2023 period. Methods: We performed a retrospective observational study on patients discharged after hospitalization due to poisoning by PASs, according to ICD 10 AM. We considered four groups: children (aged 10–14), adolescents (aged 15–19) and young adults (20–21 and 22–24 years old). Annual hospitalization rates were stratified by sex, age group, and PAS category. The joinpoint regression model was used to estimate the average annual percentage change (AAPC) and annual percentage change (APC) response time trend. Results: Of those hospitalized, 52% were male and 65% were adolescents, followed by children (13%). A statistically significant decrease in alcohol-related hospitalizations was observed in the 10–14 and 15–19 age groups for both sexes in the period 2013–2023, while a statistically significant increasing trend was observed for alcohol in 22–24-year-old males during the period 2019–2023, and in multiple drug/other/unspecified PASs in the 15–19 age group in the period 2015–2023. Conclusions: Slovenia has some peculiarities in the abuse of PASs. Sex reversal phenomena are present already among children (especially for alcohol), and there are shifting risks in polydrug use in adolescents and emerging threats, as well as an increase in sedative or hypnotic poisoning in female adolescents since 2017. trends of hospitalization acute intoxication by psychoactive substances psychiatric implication zastrupitve psihoaktivne snovi psihiatrične posledice true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-09-10 19:19:42 2026-09-10 19:19:43 2026-09-11 03:36:52 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 13. 3. 2026; 1-16 str. iss. 6 Vol. 15 Mar. 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2026-01-16 2026-03-04 2026-03-10 614 2077-0383 10.3390/jcm15062112 271522051 https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/15/6/2112 1 0f693650-ad2b-11f1-92ee-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=50752 jcm-15-02112.pdf jcm-15-02112.pdf 1 F9F8F0464CCF445EADD49AFBB2DAB173 8f23b05c7eb648bab5669579fd74db5d6eead9a5c7e94643604cc28947867599 579ef9e0-ad2b-11f1-92ee-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=50753 Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje 0 0 0