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Abstract
This article explores the complex relationships between alcohol dependence and mood disorders. Although many alcoholics present with substance-induced depressions, once appropriate methodological controls are used, there does not appear to be a significant relationship between independent unipolar depression and alcohol dependence. However, the data support a small, but significant, relationship between bipolar manic-depressive disease and alcoholism. The literature does not support the relevance of self-medication as a course of alcoholism, unless one includes the use of alcohol to alleviate alcohol-induced psychological and neurochemical perturbations. The clinical importance of distinguishing between substance-induced and independent mood disorders is reviewed.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9801727 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4603(98)00068-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Addict Behav ISSN: 0306-4603 Impact factor: 3.913