Drug Abuse Leads to Mental Illness

Published March 10, 2014

Drug Abuse Leads to Mental Illness
More than half of the patients admitted at Zimbabwe's mental health centres are cases associated with drug abuse, a research by the Health Professionals Empowerment Trust in Zimbabwe has found. According to the research, youths are the most vulnerable …
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UN anti-narcotics panel urges greater stock in prevention, treatment of drug abuse
4 March 2014 – Investment in prevention and treatment of drug abuse can lead to significant savings in health-care and crime-related costs, and alleviate the suffering of drug-dependent users and their families, the independent United Nations body …
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Drug abuse does not always lead to psychosis readmission
Cannabis or stimulant abuse disorders do not necessarily predict a negative outcome for patients with first-episode psychosis, Australian researchers report. “Young people with substance comorbidities may have both the best and worst of outcomes, …
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