Excessive substance use in bipolar disorder is associated with impaired functioning rather than clinical characteristics, a descriptive study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is a strong association between bipolar disorder (BD) and substance use disorder (SUD). The clinical and functional correlates of SUD in BD are still unclear and little is known about the role of excessive substance use that do...

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Main Authors: Larsson Sara, Berg Akiah O, Ringen Petter A, Andreassen Ole A, Lagerberg Trine V, Agartz Ingrid, Sundet Kjetil, Melle Ingrid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/10/9