You are currently viewing Criminal Psychiatry Video – 2

Criminal Psychiatry Video – 2

Drug use problems are often associated with health harms. Infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C, have clear links to drug use, but there are also links between drug use and mental health problems that we need to consider: People with problematic forms of drug use often suffer from both a substance use and a mental health disorder. The co-existence of a substance use and a mental health disorder in the same person is usually called ‘psychiatric comorbidity in substance users’ or ‘dual diagnosis’. Read more: www.emcdda.europa.eu/topics/pods/comorbidity-substance-use-mental-disorders-europe Music: Alessandro Pirona.

Leave a Reply