The Poision Just Beside You

The Poision Just Beside You Christina

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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 that were not there
hear voices
sense the presence 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!

The Poision Just Beside You

by Christina Xu on Nov 14, 2009

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