Bipolar Disorder

Three-year outcomes of long-term patients with co-occurring bipolar and substance use disorders.

November 15, 2004
BY: Drake RE, Xie H, McHugo GJ, Shumway M. Biol Psychiatry. 2004 Nov 15;56(10):749-56. Department of Psychiatry and Community, Dartmouth Medical School , Lebanon , New Hampshire 03766 , USA . Robert.E.Drake@Dartmouth.edu

Little is known about the long-term outcomes of patients in the public mental health system who are disabled by co-occurring bipolar and substance use disorders. This article reports on the 3-year course of 51 patients with co-occurring bipolar and substance use disorders in the New Hampshire Dual Diagnosis Study. Participants received integrated dual disorders treatments… Read More »»

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Impact of substance abuse on the course and treatment of bipolar disorder.

September 1, 2000
BY: Salloum IM, Thase ME. Bipolar Disord. 2000 Sep;2(3 Pt 2):269-80. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , PA 15213 , USA . salloumim@msx.upmc.edu

Objective: The objectives of this article are to review the prevalence, natural history, pathophysiology, and treatment of comorbid bipolar disorder with alcoholism and other psychoactive substance use disorders (PSUDs). Methods: All identified bibliographies through a literature search of all Medline files and bibliographies of selected articles focusing on the prevalence, natural history, course, prognosis, inter-relationship,… Read More »»

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