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Mental health as a risk factor for illicit drug dependency or abuse

Increased risk of developing an illicit drug dependency or abuse disorder in individuals with a given mental health disorder, relative to those without. A value of 3.9 for PTSD, for example, would indicate that individuals with PTSD are 3.9 times as likely to develop drug dependency relative to those without.

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19 Apr 2018
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