Alcohol Consumption and Bipolar Disorder in a Colombian Population Sample

Publication Date

2020

Journal Title

Rev Colomb Psiquiatr

Abstract

© 2018 Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) is reported to be the mental disorder with the highest rate of comorbidity with substance use disorders (SUD). More than half of patients with BD have been found to have disorders associated with alcohol use. Methods: A secondary analysis was performed in a population sample of Colombian adults. The aim was to identify bipolar-alcohol comorbidity and factors related to the use of alcohol in people with BD. The diagnosis of BD among participants was made with the “Composite International Diagnostic Interview” (CIDI-CAPI) and the pattern of alcohol consumption in the last year was evaluated with the AUDIT C screening tool. Results: It was found that all patients with BD had some type of problematic alcohol consumption pattern. Women with BD were at greater risk of having a dependence-type pattern, using nicotine and marijuana and, among those living in urban areas, had higher rates of suicidal ideation, although that risk was lower if they were in a stable relationship. Discussion: Some of the related factors we identified are new with respect to previous publications and others have already been described in similar studies. Conclusions: Given the importance of such factors in the management of this population and their prognosis, these findings highlight the need to determine consumption patterns of alcohol and other substances in patients with BD.

Volume Number

49

Issue Number

1

Pages

44 - 52

Document Type

Article

Status

Faculty

Facility

School of Medicine

Primary Department

General Pediatrics

PMID

32081208

DOI

10.1016/j.rcp.2018.03.003

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