Comorbid Dysthymia and Substance Disorder: Treatment History and Cost
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 November 1998
Joseph Westermeyer, Sandra L. Eames, Sean Nugent
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Patients with substance-related disorder and dysthymia are referred to non-substance-related psychiatric treatment no more often than patients with substance -related disorder only, but are Referring to (or seek) non- Substantiality-related Psychiatric Treatment no more Often than patientsWith substance- related disorder only.
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Patients with substance-related disorder and dysthymia are referred to (or seek) substance-related disorder treatment more often than patients with substance-related disorder only but are referred to (or seek) non-substance-related psychiatric treatment no more often than patients with substance-related disorder only. The cost of previous substance-related disorder treatment was several times higher for the patients with substance-related disorder and dysthymia.
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