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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 131, No. 10

Articles | October 01, 1974

Bipolar Affective Disorder and Alcoholism

JAMES R. MORRISON

Am J Psychiatry 1974;131:1130-1133.

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in Residence, University of California, San Diego; he is also with the Veterans Administration Hospital, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr., San Diego, Calif. 92161

1974, The American Psychiatric Association

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The author reports that the percentage of manic-depressive patients admitted to an acute care psychiatric service who were also diagnosed as alcoholic was not significantly different from the rate of alcoholism for the entire psychiatry service. Demographic factors, symptoms, and course of the affective illness did not distinguish alcoholic from nonalcoholic patients. The data do not support a causal relationship between the two illnesses, both of which might be considered "primary" in an individual patient.

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