Mental Illness and Substance Abuse: Wetin na di kɔnekshɔn bitwin dɛn tu tin ya?

Yu gɛt padi ɔ fambul we, wit dɛn maynd wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm, de wɔri pasmak, pwɛl at, ɔ vɛks, ɛn we gɛt adikshɔn bak to rɔm ɔ ɔda drɔgs? Sɔntɛnde, wi kin fil lɛk se dɛn tu tin ya de go togɛda. Infakt, pan mɛrɛsin, wi kin si dis sik as tu prɔblɛm dɛn we rili gɛt fɔ du wit dɛnsɛf. wan spɛshal nem de fɔ dis we dɛn kɔl ``Dual Diagnosis``. Dis min se pɔsin gɛt ɔl tu prɔblɛm wit in maynd ɛn prɔblɛm wit sɔbstans abiuz . Lɛ wi tɔk mɔ bɔt dis tide.

Wetin mek dɛn kayn mɛntɛl hεlth εn adikshɔn ya kin kam togɛda?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we rili impɔtant. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, pɔsin we gɛt wan pan dɛn tu sik ya kin gɛt di ɔda wan. Sɔv dɔn sho se pas 60% pan di pipul dɛm wae de sɔfa wit wan pan dɛn tu sik ya kin rili gɛt ɔl tu.

Tink bɔt am dis we. Pɔsin kin gɛt sɔm kayn prɔblɛm wit in maynd. Dat min se dɛn bɔdi ɛn dɛn bren kin fil bɔt am smɔl. Na dis kayn tɛm, if da pɔsin de bigin fɔ yuz rɔm ɔ ɔda drɔgs, da prɔblɛm de we ayd na in maynd kin kam wantɛm wantɛm.

Sɔntɛnde, di ɔda we kin apin. We pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ bia wit di prɔblɛm dɛn we i kin gɛt ɛvride, we i de in wan, we i kin fil bad, ɛn we i kin wɔri, i kin tɔn to rɔm ɔ drɔgs fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt dɛn filin dɛn de fɔ sɔm tɛm, dat na fɔ “mɛdi fɔ insɛf.” Pan ɔl we dɛn kin bigin wit smɔl yus fɔs, as tɛm de go, i kin bi adikshɔn we pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol.

Yu tink se di prɔblɛm we de wit pɔsin in maynd kin kam fɔs? Adikshɔn?

Dis na lek di kweshon "Uswan kam fos, di chikin o di eg?" Sɔntɛnde, i kin rili at fɔ no.

• Mental hεlth εshyu kin kam fכs: Sɔm pipul dεn kin fil se dεn de fil "miss" insay, dεn kin fil "ɛmti" ɔr de wɔri ɔltɛm. De rizin fɔ dis kin bi wan maynd sik wae dɛn nɔr no bɔt. fכ egzampl, wan kכndyushכn lεk ``Bipolar Disorder''. We dɛn pipul ya de yuz drɔgs, dɛn kin fil fɔ sɔm tɛm "okay", "nɔmal". dis na biכs di dכg dεm de blכk sכm kεmikכl dεm na di bren, `` Nyurotransmitta dεm ''.Bikɔs i de chenj di we aw )` de wok. Wae yu dɔn yus to dis "gud" filin, yu kin tɛmpt fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ luk fɔ am.

• Di adikshɔn kin kam fɔs: Sɔm pipul dɛn kin bigin fɔ yuz drɔgs fɔ ɛnjɔy dɛnsɛf, fɔ mek dɛn kɔmpin dɛn de mɔna dɛn, ɔ fɔ want fɔ no mɔ. Bɔt we dɛn de yuz dɛn mɛrɛsin ya ɔltɛm as tɛm de go, dɛn kin chenj di kεmikכl bεlε na di bren εn mek nyu mεntal hεlth kכndishכn dεm (e.g., pwεl hat, wɔri).

Na da tɛm de, risach dɔn sho se wan rili ay kɔrɛleshɔn de bitwin wan kɔndishɔn we dɛn kɔl ``Bipolar Disorder`` ɛn adikshɔn to rɔm. Insay dis kɔndishɔn, di we aw pɔsin de fil kin chenj bitwin tu tin dɛn we kin rili bad. Mek wi luk am dis we.

Pɔrsin wae gɛt bipola muud disorder lɛk dis kin rili tek drɔgs wae nɔr de jɔj, mɔr lɛk wae pɔrsin gɛt mania.

So wetin na di bɛst tritmɛnt fɔ dis?

Dis na di pat we impɔtant pas ɔl. Bikɔs tu prɔblɛm dɛn de, dɛn fɔ trit dɛn ɔl tu di sem tɛm. If yu trit jɔs wan pɔsin, dat nɔ go ɛp.

Imajin se pɔsin we dɔn adikshɔn to drɔgs gɛt prɔblɛm wit in maynd. If wi gi am ditɔksifikeshɔn tritmɛnt fɔ pul am pan drɔgs, i kin gɛt rili tranga tɛm na in maynd afta dat. I gɛt fɔ fɛt wit di we aw i de fil nɔmɔ. Dɔn, bikɔs i nɔ ebul fɔ bia di prɛshɔn, i kin izi fɔ mek i tɔn to drɔgs bak.

Dis na di rizin we mek dɛn kin tek di bɛst tritmɛnt we tide na di "Dual Treatment Approach." Dat min se, we dɛn de tek drɔgs tritmɛnt, dɛn kin no di pɔsin in maynd wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm ɛn trit am di sem tɛm. Dis min se di pɔsin we sik kin gɛt sɔpɔt fɔ dɛn tu prɔblɛm dɛn na di sem ples, frɔm di sem tim.

Ɔlman kin gɛt dis tritmɛnt?

I sɔri fɔ no se, dɛn kayn intagreted tritmɛnt sɛnta ya nɔ kɔmɔn yet na wi kɔntri. Bɔt wi nɔ fɔ lɛf fɔ gɛt op. Di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ kɔdinɛt di tritmɛnt fɔ di pɔsin we sik.

Dat min se dɛn fɔ mek gud kɔmyunikeshɔn bitwin di dɔktɔ we de trit di pɔsin in maynd ɛn di dɔktɔ (ɔ advaysa) we de trit di adikshɔn. Di famili fɔ put an pan dis wok rili impɔtant. If dɛn ɔl tu no bɔt di pɔsin in infɔmeshɔn ɛn aw di tritmɛnt de go bifo, ɛn wok togɛda, dɛn kin gɛt rili gud rizɔlt.

Wetin fɔ du if yu gɛt di sik bak we yu de du tritmɛnt?

Dis na sɔntin we bɔku pipul dɛn kin fred. Bɔt mɛmba se fɔ gɛt di sik bak we yu de trit yu, nɔto fɔ lɛ yu nɔ ebul fɔ du am. I kin bi pat pan di joyn fɔ wɛl. Di impɔtant tin na fɔ nɔ mek i mek yu at pwɛl, bɔt na fɔ tray bak.

Di bɛst sɔlv fɔ dis na fɔ bil wan trɔst, ɔnɛs rilayshɔn bitwin di pɔsin ɛn di dɔktɔ (wan tritmɛnt alyans). Di pɔsin we sik fɔ ebul fɔ tɔk to di dɔktɔ bɔt di tru tin we de apin to am, wetin i de tink, ɛn wetin i want fɔ yuz drɔgs bak ɛn nɔ fɔ fred ɔ dawt.

If dat apin, di dɔktɔ kin no if pɔsin gɛt di sik bak bifo i apin ɛn du di tin dɛn we i nid. Sɔntɛm dɛn kin ivin mek i nɔ apin atɔl.