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The Comorbidity of Bipolar Disorder and Substance Abuse

By dislokation 2 Comments
Categories: Mental Health
Comorbid Mood Disorders* and Substance Abuse
Any substance abuse or dependence (%) Alcohol dependence (%) Alcohol abuse (%)

Any Mood Disorder
 32.0 4.9 6.9

Any Bipolar Disorder
 56.1 27.6 16.1

Bipolar I
 60.7 31.5 14.7

Bipolar II
 48.1 20.8 18.4

Unipolar Depression
 27.2 11.6 5.0

- http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh26-2/103-108.htm

2 Responses to “The Comorbidity of Bipolar Disorder and Substance Abuse”

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  1. 1 Steve
    March 11, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    What does this all mean. I thought you were 100% straight across the board.

    Reply
  2. 2 dislokation
    March 15, 2010 at 10:29 pm

    I have Bipolar 1.

    Reply

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