The antidote to acetaminophen overdose is N-acetylcysteine (NAC). It is most effective when given within 8 hours of ingesting acetaminophen. Indeed, NAC can prevent liver failure if given early enough. For this reason, it is absolutely necessary that poisoning be recognized, diagnosed, and treated as early as possible.
1 Individuals with a mental illness are much less likely to be employed. 2  25 Unemployment rates are as high as 70% to 90% for people with the most severe mental illnesses. 3  26. 4  In any given week, at least 500,000 employed Canadians are unable to work due to mental health problems. People with a mental illness are twice as likely to have a substance use problem compared to the general population. 2  At least 20% of people with a mental illness have a co-occurring substance use problem. 3  4 For people with schizophrenia, the number may be as high as 50%. 4  5.
Among the 8.9 million adults with any mental illness and a substance use disorder, 44 percent received substance use treatment or mental health treatment in the past year, 13.5 percent received both mental health treatment and substance use treatment and 37.6 percent did not receive any treatment. (SAMHSA).early half (45 percent) of those with any mental disorder meet criteria for two or more disorders, with severity strongly related to comorbidity. (NIMH). Mental disorders were one of the five most costly conditions in the United States in 2006, with expenditures at $57.5 billion.