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Bipolar Illness: Factors in Drinking Behavior

David L. Dunner, M.D., Bruce M. Hensel, and Ronald R. Fieve, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 136, Number 4B

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.1979.136.4b.583

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Abstract

Alcohol use and abuse was investigated in 73 patients with bipolar I manic-depressive illness who were attending a lithium clinic. Alcohol-related problems were identified in 7 of the male and none of the female patients. Family data revealed a higher morbid risk for alcoholism among relatives of patients with drinking problems than among relatives of patients without drinking problems. Morbid risks for affective disorder for these two groups of relatives were similar, suggesting that alcoholism among relatives of patients with bipolar illness is not solely “genotypically” related to the affective disorder.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 136 • Number 4B • April 1979

Pages: 583 - 585

PubMed: 426148

History

Received: 3 January 1978

Revised: 31 March 1978

Accepted: 6 April 1978

Published in print: April 1979

Published online: 24 April 2020

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David L. Dunner, M.D.

Dr. Dunner is Psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Mr. Hensel is a fourth-year medical student, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N.Y. Dr. Fieve is Chief of Psychiatric Research, Lithium Clinic and Metabolic Unit, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Address reprint requests to Dr. Dunner at 722 W. 186th St., New York, N.Y. 10032.

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Bruce M. Hensel

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Ronald R. Fieve, M.D.

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Bipolar Illness: Factors in Drinking Behavior

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