Substance Abuse Among the Mentally Ill
People with severe psychiatric disorders are far more likely to smoke, drink and use drugs.
A new study in JAMA Psychiatry is the largest assessment ever of substance abuse among patients with severe illnesses, including shizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Researchers found that more than 75-percent of those patients were regular smokers, 30-percent were binge drinkers and 50-percent were regular marijuana users.
