People with mental illness are overrepresented throughout the criminal justice system,
including jail, prison, probation, and parole populations. Yet much disagreement remains …

Bipolar affective disorder (BD) is a severe, recurrent and disabling disorder with devastating
consequences for individuals, families and society. Although these hazards and costs …

Objective Substance use disorders (SUD) are common and problematic in bipolar disorder
(BP). We prospectively examined predictors of first-onset SUD among adolescents with BP …

Substance abuse still remains one of the major problems in the world today, with millions of
people abusing legal and illegal drugs. In addition, a billion people may also be infected …

Background: The COVID-19 infection is a novel virus that mainly targets the respiratory
system via specific receptors without any coronavirus-targeted therapies. Many efforts have …

Objectives: Uncertainty exists regarding whether comorbid substance use disorders (SUDs)
in bipolar I disorder are more prevalent among persons with versus without comorbid …

The dopaminergic system plays a central and decisive role in substance use disorder
(SUD), bipolar disorder (BD), and possibly in a subgroup of patients with refractory …

BACKGROUND: Few systematic studies have examined the reasons why patients with
bipolar disorder and substance use disorders misuse alcohol and drugs of abuse. Such …

Objectives. We assessed the association between homelessness and incarceration in
Veterans Affairs patients with bipolar disorder. Methods. We used logistic regression to …

Alcohol use disorder (AUD), a term that comprises both alcohol abuse and alcohol
dependence, is a highly prevalent psychiatric disorder. Over 50% of treated AUD patients …