As more states legalize recreational cannabis products, there’s been greater consumer demand for more powerful weed, raising the possible risk of psychiatric disorders.
Pyromania is an impulse control disorder that involves the tendency to start fires with no ulterior motive. An individual with this mental illness feels a sense of tension before, and relief or excitement after the act.
New data show more than 1 in 10 young people have a mental health disorder, raising concern about the potential lifelong impact of anxiety, depression, and other psychiatric disorders.
The number of available state psychiatric beds for people with serious mental illness reached a historic low last year of about 11 beds per 100,000 population.