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Why Certain Professions Have Higher Rates of Substance Use Disorders It is no secret that lawyers have a higher rate of substance use disorders than other professions, but the question remains why? Why are certain industries more susceptible to alcoholism and drug problems compared to others? Why are lawyers more prone to mental health […]
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How Certain Substances Can Affect Your Mental Health Discover Magazine recently looked at how caffeine and alcohol can impact a person’s mental health. As noted in the article, substances like caffeine and alcohol consumed in excess can directly affect a person’s mental health. Overconsumption of these substances “can exacerbate underlying mental health issues like
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Statistics on Mental Health Needs in California According to the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), almost one in six adults in the state has a mental health issue and one in twenty suffer from a serious mental illness. As many as one in thirteen children suffer from a mental health disorder that “limits participation in
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Establishing Programs to Help Those Suffering from a Mental Health Disorder According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, one in five adults have a mental health problem. Over 40,000 people each year die from suicide making it the tenth leading cause of death in the country. Despite the majority of all mental
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The Dangers of Consuming Alcohol While Taking Antidepressants According to the United Kingdom’s NHS website, consuming alcohol while taking antidepressants can be dangerous. Alcohol is a depressant that can “make depression worse.” As their website explains, alcohol and antidepressants can have the same side effects, taking both may increase the likelihood that they will
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Proposition 13 Takes Alcohol Tax Question to the April Ballot On April 7, 2020, Anchorage voters will be asked whether they will allow the Anchorage Assembly to levy a five (5) percent tax on retail sales of alcohol. As reported by the Anchorage Daily News, the revenue from the tax would go to public safety
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Understanding California’s Deferred Entry of Judgment Programs California offers a number of pretrial diversion programs which allow the court to dismiss criminal charges against certain defendants upon completion of a program. The goal of pretrial diversion programs is to help those charged with misdemeanor or non-serious, non-violent felonies avoid a criminal record and address the
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Establishing a Pretrial Diversion Program for those with Mental Health Disorders California Assembly Bill 1810 established a diversion program for individuals with mental disorders that had been charged with a crime. In an effort to “mitigate the individuals’ entry and reentry into the criminal justice system,” the bill codified the mental health diversion program into
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