On the whole, this study shows that cannabis misuse was highly prevalent (> 50%) within a sample of FEP patients after the remission of acute psychotic symptoms. While an overall improvement in social functioning was observed in this sample, in the context of an early intervention service, those patients with baseline cannabis misuse did not improve their long-term social outcomes during the study period. Therefore, there is a need to develop effective interventions to reduce cannabis misuse and, ultimately, to improve social outcomes, which is an essential goal for specialized services that provide care for young people with psychosis.
I was a heavy cannabis user when I was a teenager. I think it has at least contributed something to my problems now. I might have only been a minor, but I am still responsible for it and deserve no sympathy for where I am now.
I coach teens in archery. Regularly get lectured that some CGI trick they saw on Arrow or in The Avengers is possible in real life. Iād like to be less aware of this issue.
Interesting - hadnāt thought about this before, but perhaps all the CGI in todayās movies are actually making people less knowledgeable about the real world. I guess it depends on the types of movies - lots of CGI is also used in educating about science things that we canāt otherwise video record (think atoms, planets, etc.)
Also - reminds me of another saying of mine - āthe older I get, the more I realize how little i knowā.
An example, Hawkeyeās āsnap-bowā doesnāt exist in real life. The snap-assemble bow was accomplished thru CGI. Iāve had kids argue for an hour that theyāre real and must be somewhere on Youtube. (Sort of how like people argue telepathy is real here.)
Second, it may look cool in a movie, but heās dry firing an empty bow. The arrow is added in CGI. His stance is all wrong, heās not lined up, heās only half drawing the bow in many instances, and he looks to be aiming with the wrong eye!
But, hey, Iām the archery coach who outshoots all but one of the kids. What do I know?
Agreed, but thereās not a single male in the archery club who will admit to having seen that film. Also, itās only the males who get into pointless arguments. The females just spend their time quietly outshooting the males.
Fascinating phenonmenon. I read that paper awhile back. While I understood the basic premise of the study, I did not agree with using comedy as one of the controlsā¦seemed rather subjective.
I too wish I knew nothing of that article as well. Now I question everything I think I thought I knew about anythingā¦
