Excessive substance use in bipolar disorder is associated with impaired functioning rather than clinical characteristics, a descriptive study

Table 1 Prevalence of lifetime substance use disorders and of excessive use in patient sample, N (%)

	N = 125
SUD total	38 (30.4)
Alcohol use disorder	26 (20.8)
Cannabis use disorder	15 (12.0)
Other non-alc. substance use disorder	14 (11.0)
Excessive use total	18 (14.4)
Excessive alcohol use	7 (5.6)
Excessive cannabis use	13 (10.4)
Excessive use other non-alc. substances	2 (1.6)
SUD + excessive use	56 (44.8)

SUD and excessive substance use are here mutually exclusive categories. Within these categories, some patients meet the criteria for two or more substance use disorders or can excessively use two or more substances.

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