Adolescent Drug Addiction and Its Impact on the Mental Health of Parents

This study aims to explore the suffering of parents, both mothers and fathers, who have an adolescent child addicted to drugs. The study seeks to identify the changes that occur in the lives of these parents after they discover their child’s drug addiction. The focus is on measuring the anxiety and feelings of guilt experienced by parents. The interviews were conducted with some parents of adolescent individuals with drug addiction in rehabilitation centres in Oran to reveal the state and condition of these parents. The study relied on a clinical approach, using a case study methodology. The interviews were conducted, and a questionnaire designed by the researcher was administered. The findings indicated the presence of anxiety and feelings of guilt among the mothers and fathers of adolescent individuals with drug addictions.