Mental illness, substance abuse and suicide appear in the news nearly every day, yet most journalists covering these stories have little or no training in psychology or psychiatry and may feel ill prepared to cover such complex issues. Stereotypes and stigmas abound, and the news media often ...
The answer to the question posed was definitive: It depends. Substance abuse—alcohol and/or drugs—can lead to mental illness. Take the instance of someone who has the propensity to become schizophrenic. Smoking marihuana or binge-drinking could trigger the illness. On the other hand, someone ...
Substance abuse and mental illness: Neuropsychological concomitants and treatment implicationsdoi:10.1016/0887-6177(89)90060-7W.H. Hartlage and K.J. KindyaArchives of Clinical Neuropsychology
Surviving abuse at the hands of a partner is traumatic in itself, but now researchers have found the damage goes further than skin deep. A new study finds women who have experienced domestic violence are three times more likely to develop a mental illness. The study was published in ...
adults with a serious mental illness reported illicit drug dependence or abuse within the past year. This statistic depicts the percentage of illicit drug dependence or abuse among adults in the United States as of 2023, sorted by level of mental illness....
The Role of Music Therapy in the Treatment of Young Adults Diagnosed with Mental Illness and Substance Abuse The role of music therapy in the treatment of young adults with both mental illness and alcohol/drug problems is discussed based upon the authors' experience with a National Institute of ...
Concurrent substance abuse and psychiatric disorders in individuals who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are common. All have been associated with higher rates of increased impulsivity along with greater novelty-seeking and risk-t
Substance abuse and mental illness Double trouble Because mental health and substance abuse treatment providers enjoy, at best, an uneasy truce, working as substance abuse specialists in a mental health setting has not always been comfortable. The authors of this article have spent 4 ye... MJ ...
Objectives: For Medicaid recipients with serious mental illness (SMI) in 45 states, estimate rates of HIV and substance abuse (SA), and describe differences in antipsychotic use (AP). Methods: Naturalistic observational study using Medicaid Analytic Extract files for 2003-04 from all states except...
As a result, it was discovered that none of the participants was arrested for a simple non- dangerous display of symptoms. The calculations proved that mental illness and substance abuse did not influence criminal offense. Hence, the research under consideration demonstrated that there is...