Sandeep Grover, Ajit Avasthi, Rahul Chakravarty, Amitava Dan, Kaustav Chakraborty, Rajarshi Neogi, Avinash Desouza, Omkar Nayak, Samir Praharaj, Vikas Menon, Raman Deep, Manish Bathla, Alka A Subramanyam, Naresh Nebhinani, Prosenjit Ghosh, Bhavesh Lakdawala, Ranjan Bhattacharya
AIM: To evaluate the prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) and its association with the course and outcome of bipolar disorder (BD). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 773 patients with BD were recruited from 14 centers in different parts of India, and they were evaluated for the prevalence of comorbid substance dependence, course and outcome, subjective cognitive functioning, and disability. RESULTS: About one-fourth (22.9%) of the participants had one or more substance dependence...
2022: Indian Journal of Psychiatry