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16. “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” — A. A. Milne 17. “The truth is we’re all a little bit ...
"Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, you are not the rain."
Dual diagnosis (also called co-occurring disorders (COD) or dual pathology) [1] [2] is the condition of having a mental illness and a comorbid substance use disorder.There is considerable debate surrounding the appropriateness of using a single category for a heterogeneous group of individuals with complex needs and a varied range of problems.
In the context of mental health, comorbidity frequently refers to the concurrent existence of mental disorders, for example, the co-occurrence of depressive and anxiety disorders. The concept of multimorbidity is related to comorbidity but is different in its definition and approach, focusing on the presence of multiple diseases or conditions ...
Multimorbidity is often referred to as comorbidity even though the two are considered distinct clinical scenarios. [6] [7] [8]Comorbidity means that one 'index' condition is the focus of attention, and others are viewed in relation to this.
In Ontario specifically, the disease burden of mental illness and addiction is 1.5 times higher than all cancers together and over 7 times that of all infectious diseases. [82] Across the country, the ethnic group that is statistically the most impacted by substance use disorders compared to the general population are the Indigenous peoples of ...
In the same study, 93% of the sample had a comorbid disorder, implying that the comorbid disorder plays some role in the addiction. [15] [16] It has also been shown that depression and polysubstance dependence are often both present at the same time. If a person is genetically predisposed to be depressed then they are at a higher risk of having ...
Mental health awareness and mental illness awareness [35] [36] [4] 2022: Anti-war movement in Russia protesting against the 2022 invasion of Ukraine [37] Jade ribbon: 2001 Jade Ribbon Campaign awareness about hepatitis B and liver cancer [38] [4] Teal ribbon ? Cervical cancer [3] [4] [8] an alternative is the Teal and White ribbon [4] 2001