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Alcohol and Substance Use in BD Patients

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It is common knowledge among clinicians that BD and substance use disorders (SUD) often co-occur in the same patient. However a number of methodological problems and limitations made research difficult on this specific topic. Additionally, clinicians are often unwilling to invest the time and effort needed to elicit the key features of the personal and psychiatric history which will reveal the presence of a SUD and elucidate its relationship with the development of BD and its role in the shaping of the patient’s clinical picture.

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