Drugs among causes of mental problems

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KOTA BAHARU: Drug addiction has been identified among causes of mental problems in the state which involved about 60,000 patients over a 10-year period, said Raja Perempuan Zainab II Psychiatry Department officer, Dr Mohd Arif Mohd Nor.

He said the consumption of drugs in the long term and large quantities results in high risk to contract diseases.

“From five patients registered for mental problems, one of them was caused by drugs,” he told reporters after welcoming a visit by 60 psychiatrists around Malaysia to the Community Mental Health Centre, here, yesterday.

He said the centre offers treatment and counselling to patients suffering from depression, mood disorders and anxiety. — Bernama