What Is the Relationship Between Substance Abuse and Depression?
Question by : What is the relationship between substance abuse and depression?
A) Substance abuse can make depression worse
B) Substance abuse can lead to depression
C) Substance abuse occurs in 1/3 of all cases of depression
D) There is no relationship
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Answer by Jessi Tilton
I personally think it can be A. B. and C. But I also think that depression causes substance abuse in more cases then not.
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