My father was a mental health social worker. He worked with youths, mainly teens. In his experience the vast majority of teens that ended up in his hospital had some drug fueled episode that led to their mental health crisis.
He told me that he didn't think the drugs caused the mental illness but we're often the trigger. That is these kids already had a mental illness that had not started to present symptoms until it was triggered.
My father was not opposed to drug use. He had a history of recreational drug use and many of his life long friends are heavy marijuana users. So I don't think this observation came from an anti drug bias.
He told me that he didn't think the drugs caused the mental illness but we're often the trigger. That is these kids already had a mental illness that had not started to present symptoms until it was triggered.
My father was not opposed to drug use. He had a history of recreational drug use and many of his life long friends are heavy marijuana users. So I don't think this observation came from an anti drug bias.