Severe Mental Illness Tied to Substance Use: Which Comes First?

Published January 15, 2014

Severe Mental Illness Tied to Substance Use: Which Comes First?
Do you need another reason to stop using alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, or illegal drugs? New research indicates that substance abuse may lead to serious mental conditions such as schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder with psychosis. With the help of a …
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Optogenetics to Treat Addiction, Brain Diseases, Mental Illness
… (UB), New York (US), has found that the emerging technique of optogenetics can stop binge drinking in rodents, suggesting gene therapy in the brain could be used to treat substance abuse, drug addiction, neurological diseases and mental illnesses.
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Summit County launches jail program to help those with mental illness, drug …
Summit County has launched a program at the jail to help inmates with mental illness and opiate addiction transition back into the community. The county is using a new $ 146,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services …
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