Smoking still remains the leading cause of health and financial disparities for people living with mental illness and new and effective strategies are urgently needed. Growing evidence suggests that tobacco harm reduction with nicotine vaping could benefit this...
Nicotine is portrayed as the “Bad guy” from its association with smoking. Because it is the most famous ingredients of tobacco, it has been accused of causing the harms of smoking, when in reality just about everything in burning tobacco causes disease and death...
When you have both a substance abuse problem and a mental health issue such as depression, bipolar disorder, or anxiety, it is called a co-occurring disorder or dual diagnosis. Dealing with substance abuse, alcoholism, or drug addiction is never easy, and it’s even...
What is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a severe long-term mental health condition. It causes a range of different psychological symptoms. Doctors often describe schizophrenia as a type of psychosis. This means the person may not always be able to distinguish their...
Why Could Smoking Contribute to Mental Illness? It’s not clear why smoking could increase the likelihood of mental illness. “One thought is that when you smoke and inhale the nicotine, it activates the receptor for the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which eventually...
What is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behaviour that impairs daily functioning,...