Early Detection Critical
Early Detection Critical – Produced for the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario as part of their Youth Awareness Campaign. Psychosis is a debilitating mental condition that alters how a person thinks, perceives the world, and ultimately how they feel, behave and function. Psychosis may be caused by a psychiatric illness such as schizophrenia or bi-polar disorder. It can also be caused by brain injury, infection or substance abuse. Symptoms can include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking and / or bizarre behavior. Onset generally develops slowly over several months or even years and typically occurs during early adulthood or late adolescence. Psychosis can impact all facets of a person’s life, such as career, education, relationships and employment. Each year about 12 of out every 100000 people in Ontario will experience their first episode of psychosis, and the overwhelming majority of them will be adolescents and young adults between the ages of 14 and 35 (Jablensky, et al., 1992 ; Ministry of Health and Long Term Care: Early Psychosis Intervention Program Standards,2011)
Symptoms of alcohol abuse, not dependence, may better reflect family risk for …
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"Symptoms of alcohol abuse do a better job of reflecting the familial risk for AUDs than symptoms of dependence," said Kendler. "This is not what we expected. Clearly the symptoms of alcohol abuse may have more validity than they are commonly given …
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Military Alcohol Abuse 'Culture' Is Now A 'Crisis,' Report Finds
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Substance abuse has "long been a concern for the U.S. population and for its military in particular," the report noted. "Dating as far back as the Revolutionary War, Dr. Benjamin Rush detailed the effects of alcohol on the troops. During the Civil War …
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UK Substance Abuse Charity Offers Lady Gaga Education On Drugs
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The "little monsters" of Amsterdam didn't mind, but the bosses at Blenheim Cdp, a substance abuse charity in the UK, did. They have cordially invited Gaga to visit a drug treatment center and educate her. "I think it's always unhelpful when people in …
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