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Self-medication is a human behavior in which an individual uses a substance or any exogenous influence to self-administer treatment for physical or psychological ailments. The most widely self-medicated substances are over-the-counter drugs and dietary supplements. The psychology of self-medicating with psychoactive drugs is typically within the specific context of using recreational drugs, alcohol, comfort food, and other forms of behavior to alleviate symptoms of mental distress, stress and anxiety, including mental illnesses and/or psychological trauma, is particularly unique and can serve as a serious detriment to physical and mental health if motivated by addictive mechanisms. Self-medication is often seen as gaining personal independence from established medicine,〔(Benefits and risks of self-medication )〕 and it can be seen as a human right, implicit in, or closely related to the right to refuse professional medical treatment.〔(Three arguments against prescription requirements ), Jessica Flanigan, (BMJ Group ) Journal of Medical Ethics 26 July 2012, accessed 20 August 2013〕 ==Definition== Generally speaking, self-medication is defined as "the use of drugs to treat self-diagnosed disorders or symptoms, or the intermittent or continued use of a prescribed drug for chronic or recurrent disease or symptoms"〔 〕〔
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