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R D Weiss1, M E Kolodziej, L M Najavits
1Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, USA. weissr@mcleanpo.mclean.org
Abstract:
We investigated psychosocial treatment interventions, mood symptoms, and substance use among 24 patients with bipolar disorder and substance dependence. Patients were assessed for 6 months following hospital discharge. Psychotherapy and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) attendance decreased over time. Moreover, the focus of patients' psychotherapy changed over time, with decreasing emphasis on the patients' specific disorders. Mood symptoms and substance use did not change significantly over time, although there was a trend toward more frequent drug use over time. These findings point to infrequent utilization over time of psychosocial treatments focusing specifically on bipolar and substance use disorder.
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