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JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
卷 106, 期 3, 页码 265-272出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.07.006
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dual diagnosis; alcohol; treatment; bipolar; depression
Background: Depressed and bipolar alcoholics represent a significant affective subgroup that has a poorer prognosis than either diagnosis alone. To date few systematic treatment programs have been developed to treat dual diagnosis. Methods: An inpatient treatment program was developed at St Patrick's Hospital Dublin to treat dual diagnosis clients with alcohol dependence and either unipolar or bipolar affective disorder. Clients (N=232) were assessed for depression, anxiety, elation, cravings, drink and drug intake on admission, discharge, 3 and 6 months post-discharge from the program. Results: In the overall group there was a reduction in number of drinking days and units per drinking day over the study (P <.01). There was a 71.8% complete abstinent rate at 3 months and 55.8% at 6 months in the depression group, non-significantly greater than for the bipolar group at 64.7% and 54.1% respectively. Gamma GT, MCV and craving scores were significantly reduced over time (p <.01). Mania, depression and anxiety inventory scores fell over time in both groups (p <.01). 15-21-year olds were more severely anxious, had higher illicit drug use, and were more likely to relapse to drug use than older clients. Bipolar 1 clients were significantly more likely than bipolar 2 clients to be on mood stabilisers at all follow-up stages (p <.001). Limitations: No control group was used. Conclusions: There is evidence for efficacy of a specifically designed dual diagnosis inpatient treatment prograrn as both depressed and bipolar alcoholics had significant reductions in all measurements of mood, craving, and alcohol/drug consumption by self report and biological markers, suggesting both diagnoses can be effectively treated together. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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