Drug Abuse

Severe mental illness tied to higher rates of substance use
( NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse ) People with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk for substance use, especially cigarette smoking, and protective factors usually associated with lower rates of substance use do not exist in severe mental illness, according to a new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National … Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results