Mental Illness Leads to Greater Risk of Addiction in YouthResearchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) say that adolescents with bipolar disorder are more likely to use alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. "This work confirms that bipolar disorder in adolescents is a huge risk factor for smoking and substance abuse, as big a risk factor as is juvenile delinquency," said lead researcher Timothy Wilens, M.D., director of Substance Abuse Services in MGH Pediatric Psychopharmacology. "It indicates both that young people with bipolar disorder need to carefully be screened for smoking and for substance use and abuse and that adolescents known to abuse drugs and alcohol -- especially those who binge use -- should also be assessed for bipolar disorder." Source:Join Together
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