young adults and dual diagnosis – when mental health intersects with addiction
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Young adults and dual diagnosis – When mental health intersects with addiction. What is a mental illness. A mental illness is a medical condition that disrupts a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning. . Mental illness by the numbers. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Young adults and dual diagnosis – When mental
health intersects with addiction
National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
What is a mental illnessA mental illness is
a medical condition that
disrupts a person's thinking,
feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily
functioning.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Mental illness by the numbers
• 1 in 4 adults have a diagnosable mental illness
• 1 in 5 young people aged 13-18 have a diagnosable mental illness
• Half of all mental illnesses begin by the age of 14
• Three quarters of mental illnesses begin by age 24.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Cause
• Diathesis Stress Model
Genetic Predisposition + Stress and trauma mental illness and/or
substance use
National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Substance use and mental illness
National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Substance use and mental illness
National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Why does this matter?• Substance use worsens mental health
symptoms• Co-occurring disorders are much
more difficult to diagnose• Substances interfere with
medications• If only one of the two disorders is
treated, the person is not likely to improve
National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Cannabis and Psychosis• Psychosis: Loss of contact with
reality • Hallucinations• Delusions• Paranoia
• THC, the chemical in cannabis that affects the way you feel and think
• Some studies link cannabis use with an earlier or more severe onset of psychosis
National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
What helps?
– Harms reduction approach– Housing First– Assertive Community Treatment– Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment
National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Treatment
National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Real life dual diagnosis – Nate Cannon
National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI Minnesota
• Provides education, support and advocacy for people with mental illnesses and their families.
• 1-888-NAMI-HELPS or 651-645-2948• namihelps.org or namihelpsyouth.org• Running on a mind rewired by
Jennifer Cannon www.runningrewired.com