Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Doctors Aren't Taking Young People's First Mental Breakdowns Seriously

quote [ People under 30 who have experienced first-time psychosis are 24 times more likely than their peers to be dead within a year. ]
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[by XregnaR@3:26pmGMT]

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backSLIDER said @ 10:19pm GMT on 25th Apr
Freaking millennials, in my day we called it an accident when we drank ourselves to death.
Pandafaust said @ 2:22am GMT on 26th Apr
Link isn't working for me?
I'd be interested to hear what they are arguing. In Australia we've seen a large investment in first episde psychosis specialist teams. I mean, its not enough, but it's better than we get in other areas of mental health. Problem is there's not a lot with good evidence of benefit.

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