Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 95, Issue 3 , Pages 188-198 , 1 June 2008

Further evidence of an association between adolescent bipolar disorder with smoking and substance use disorders: A controlled study

  • Timothy E. Wilens

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge, MA 02115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, 32 Fruit Street, YAW 6A, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Tel.: +1 617 726 1731; fax: +1 617 724 3742.
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  • Joseph Biederman

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge, MA 02115, USA
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  • Joel J. Adamson

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Aude Henin

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Stephanie Sgambati

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Martin Gignac

      Affiliations

    • Institute Philippe Pinel, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Qc H3C 3J7, Canada
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  • Robert Sawtelle

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Alison Santry

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Michael C. Monuteaux

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge, MA 02115, USA

Received 5 July 2007 ,Revised 20 November 2007 ,Accepted 26 December 2007.

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☆ Funding Source: This study was financially supported by NIH RO1 DA12945 (TW) and K24 DA016264 (TW).

PII: S0376-8716(08)00050-1

doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.12.016

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