Lesson 2: Addiction And Mental Health - Slide  16

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No One Expects Drug Induced Mental Illness

  • People who use drugs or alcohol to feel better often wind up with psychiatric symptoms that make them feel much worse
  • The side effects caused by a drug’s impact on the brain often mimic the symptoms of psychiatric illness
  • Depression, mania, anxiety, delusions and hallucinations can be triggered by intoxication or withdrawal from drugs or alcohol

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