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Marijuana Use And Mental Illness - Articles
Smoking Marijuana Speeds Up Onset of Mental Illness
by
Dina S.
Posted
Thu 17 Feb 2011 9:58am
if and when they began smoking weed. It was discovered that 12-15-year-olds are the most likely to develop mental illness after using pot. More specifically, psychiatric diseases they may have shown up in a person’s 20s begin to show up in their early to late teens. Young people over the age of 18 were twice more likely to develop mental illnesses after using
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Medical Marijuana: Smoking pot can get you fired
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Matthew Z.
Posted
Mon 25 Aug 2008 3:07pm
Twelve states have made medical marijuana use legal, but it appears the law that protects does not extend to the workplace. The California Supreme Court has ruled a medical marijuana user can be fired from their job for failing a company mandated drug test.
Medical marijuana use is a complicated and contradictory issue. Legal in 12 states
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Sickness absence due to common mental illness in the Netherlands
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Annet Lenderink
Posted
Sun 13 Dec 2009 12:00am
This study investigated the incidence of sickness absence due to common mental disorders in the Netherlands from 2001 to 2007 in an observational study in about 1 million employees, working in various economic sectors, representative for the Dutch workforce.
The 12-month incidence of sickness absence due to common mental disorders was 2.2
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Stigma and Mental Illness – Mental Health Awareness
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melissalynnshell
Posted
Tue 11 May 2010 6:15am
that people who suspect they are mentally ill, will not seek help out of fear of what others will think.
Here are some common myths that may be used to justify negative feelings about... Psychiatric Association, one in five Americans suffer from a mental disorder in any given year. Mental illness can strike people of any age, race, religion, or income status.
Myth
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Parents With Mental Illness – Mental Health Awareness
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melissalynnshell
Posted
Thu 13 May 2010 8:06am
Awareness
There is a stigma attached to parents who have a mental illness. This stigma is more severe than for any other chronic illness, like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Many people believe that all parents with a mental illness are incapable of being a good parent. They assume that the children of these parents will be emotionally
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Minds on the Edge: Facing Mental Illness
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Lisa Frederiksen
Posted
Sun 08 Nov 2009 10:02pm
, shame and ignorance have created a “deep reservoir of confusion about mental illness.” As such, people with mental illness and their families grapple in isolation and/or find..., this confusion perpetuates the underlying mental illness, often allowing it to progress, hijacking the lives of the person with the mental illness and their families as each tries to bring
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Coming to PBS: Minds on the Edge--Facing Mental Illness
by
Carol BipolarHubby
Posted
Tue 29 Sep 2009 10:39pm
mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The dramatic scenario of this Fred Friendly Seminars program reveals personal dilemmas facing individuals and families... have personally faced the challenges of mental illness and offer their riveting insights."
Here's a link for more information:
Minds on the Edge
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