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
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National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Young adults and dual diagnosis – When mental
health intersects with addiction
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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.
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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.
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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
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National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Substance use and mental illness
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National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Substance use and mental illness
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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
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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
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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
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National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Treatment
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National Alliance on Mental Illness
MINNESOTA
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Real life dual diagnosis – Nate Cannon
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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