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BIPOLAR DISORDER AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Messaoudi Abdelkrim*
ABSTRACT
The body of evidence shows that bipolar subjects are much more at risk of substance dependence than abuse. The risk of having a mania or hypomania in people addicted to alcohol is multiplied by 5 compared to the risk of having a mania or hypomania without co-occurrence of alcohol dependence. In all epidemiological works; The diagnoses of alcohol abuse and dependence are higher in people with bipolar disorder than in the general population. However, the reasons for this striking association between these two disorders remain poorly understood. Common risk factors could increase vulnerability to both bipolar disorder and addiction behaviors.
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