Psychiatric Disorders and Substance Abuse

By Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD, PhD | January 1, 2007

Dr McCance-Katz is professor of psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. She has been working in the field of addiction medicine for 16 years as a clinician and clinical researcher. Her specialty areas include pharmacotherapy for substance use disorders, comorbid HIV disease and addiction, clinical pharmacology of drugs of abuse, and drug interactions. She received her MD from the University of Connecticut and PhD in infectious disease epidemiology from Yale University. Dr McCance-Katz reports no conflicts of interest with the subject matter of this Special Report section.

Links to articles in the Substance Abuse and Addiction Series:
The Link Between Psychotic Disorders and Substance Use
Safe Treatment of Pain in the Patient With a Substance Use Disorder
Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse: Is There a Role for Atypical Antipsychotics?
Implications for Treatment and Prognosis of Borderline and Substance Use Disorders
Substance Abuse in Women: Does Gender Matter?

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Reference
1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Results from the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings. Available at: http://oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH/2k5NSDUH/2k5results.htm. Accessed December 4, 2006.

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