Psychiatric News (10/29) reports, “Patients with co-occurring depression and substance use disorders may be less likely to receive optimal depression treatment than those with depression alone,” investigators concluded after analyzing data on 53,034 patients who were diagnosed with a depressive disorder in fiscal year 2017 in the US Veterans Health Administration. The findings were published online Oct. 29 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
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— “Depression Care Suboptimal for Patients With Comorbid Substance Use Disorders, Study Finds, Psychiatric News, October 29, 2020