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A new study co-led by Associate Professor Kristin Cleverley of the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing has found evidence that Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms (PSS) are often present in youth accessing mental health services. (Representational Image: Unsplash)
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New study focuses on importance of data in improving mental health supports for youth
In a review article published in December 2023 in a special “Adolescent Cannabis Use” issue of the journal ScienceDirect, West — a psychologist and an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry — examines the relationship between cannabis and psychosis. (Representational Image: Unsplash)
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The effects — good and bad — that cannabis can have on teens and adolescents who are showing signs of psychosis
Psychosis is a collection of symptoms that affect the mind, in which there has been some break with consensus reality.(Representational Image: Unsplash)
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Myers, who leads SMU's Mental Health Equity Lab, focuses on helping people with psychosis because it's the least understood and most stigmatized among mental health disorders
The researchers hope their findings will help improve mental health services for young people.  (Representational Image: Unsplash)
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By better understanding the types of digital content and activities that matter to young people, mental health services can be made more accessible and better aligned with individual needs
Summer Oriyavong with her mother, Sheri, at the barn at their home, in Rio Linda, California.
Summer got early intervention care for her
schizophreniaRich Pedroncelli for
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Summer Oriyavong first heard the ringing bells and tapping sounds in her head when she was in middle school
A UC Davis Health study found that when patients took a 21-question pre-visit survey, more than twice as many were identified at risk of psychosis compared to those who did not complete the survey.
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Previous studies have shown that the longer the time between the first psychotic incident — such as hallucinations or delusions — and receiving treatment.
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