the poision just beside you
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caffein & potential dangers for mental healthTRANSCRIPT
The Poision Just Beside You
Christina
You may have… …
Caffeine
★ Widely used drug in the word
★ May cause hallucinations
The Study
• Researcher Simon Jones, PhD student, Durham University’s Psychology Department
• Purpose study about link between caffeine and the body’s response
• Caffeine Source coffee, tea,energy drinks ,chocolate bars ,caffeine tablets
• Group high-intake group and low-intake group
The Intake Amount
• caffeine intake high-intake group more than 250mg per day
• = three cups of brewed coffee
• =seven cups of instant coffee.
The Hallucinations• See things th
at were not there
• hear voices• sense the pre
sence of dead people
The Comparison
The Conclusion
• There is a association between caffeine intake and hallucination !
Hallucinations don’t mean mental illness
• Healthy people may have hallucinations,too
• Be optimistic and turn to others for help
http://www.hearing-voices.org/
The harms of high-intake caffeine
• Caffeine addiction
• Hallucinations
Use caffeine in a proper way
• Pay attention to the amount
• Inform this to those people around you
Thank you for listening!