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March 3, 20260 citations

Its effects through mental illness, and similar associations

ZKZhenya E. Knyazhanskaya

Key Points

  • Nearly 20% of the adult working population struggles with mental illness, highlighting a critical public health concern.
  • A strong link exists between mental illness and the use of illicit drugs, especially noted among college students and working adults.
  • Observational analysis across the adult demographic illustrates the relationship between mental health and addiction.
  • This connection suggests the need for targeted interventions to address both mental health and substance abuse outcomes.

Abstract

When mental illness afflicts close to 20% of the country’s adult working population, 1 and with more and more college students and working adults regularly using illicit or dangerously addictive drugs (NIH), a red flag must come up. If not for the relation between the two, then at least for the each problem individually that need to be addressed. As we find, however, the two often go hand in hand, especially in modern society.

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Zhenya E. Knyazhanskaya (2015) studied this question.

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