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  Depression and substance abuse
    Current Psychiatry. 2018 April;17(4)  
  
  
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  Dr. Gold is Chair, Scientific Advisory Boards, RiverMend Health, Atlanta, Georgia, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Mark S. Gold, MD, discusses whether depression causes substance abuse, or vice versa.