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Too much drinking can cause an array of symptoms that alcoholics are all too familiar with: mood changes, anger, aggression, depression, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, poor health—just to name a few. Now, researchers have pinpointed a specific gene that is damaged by chronic alcohol consumption, disruption which can attribute to long-term, adverse mental and physical conditions in alcoholics.
Of the 95 million emergency room visits estimated that occurred in 2007, 12 million of them were attributed to a mental disorder, substance abuse condition, or both. According to a new statistical report from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), one in eight visits by adults to hospital emergency departments was related to the diagnosis of mental health or substance abuse condition (MHSA), even though one in three American adults has suffered from a mental or substance abuse disorder within the past 12 months.
According to the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, more than half of those seeking help for addiction also suffer from mental illness such as depression or schizophrenia, and between 15% and 20% of those seeking mental health services also have substance abuse problems. This is known as co-occurring disorders or dual diagnosis.
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