{"title":"Substance Use and Abuse and Its Effects on Mental Disorders in Trinidad and Tobago - The Available Prevention and Management Strategies.","authors":"J. Jainarinesingh","doi":"10.7727/wimj.2013.229","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the relationship between substance abuse and mental illness in Trinidad and Tobago, its implications and management strategies. Dealing with mental health issues is an uphill battle and an attempt will be made in this paper to address the major issues at hand.","PeriodicalId":104133,"journal":{"name":"The West Indian medical journal","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The West Indian medical journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7727/wimj.2013.229","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper deals with the relationship between substance abuse and mental illness in Trinidad and Tobago, its implications and management strategies. Dealing with mental health issues is an uphill battle and an attempt will be made in this paper to address the major issues at hand.