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What Aaron Carter Shared About Substance Misuse, Mental Health Struggles
Us Weekly and the harris project's 'The Missing Issue' takes a look back at Aaron Carter's candid quotes about his addiction and mental health struggles
Launched in 2013, the harris project is a nonprofit dedicated to the prevention and treatment of co-occurring disorders (COD) — the combination of mental health challenges and substance use issues. Like many others, Carter acknowledged that his substance misuse was an attempt at self-medicating to counter the crippling effects of mental health challenges like dissociative identity disorder, manic depression, and schizophrenia. In a candid September 2019 interview on the syndicated talk show The Doctors, Carter laid out his mental health issues — and the medications he had subsequently been prescribed.
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