Depressive disorders and alcohol dependence in a community population

This cross-sectional study examines sociodemographic, clinical and func tional correlates of comorbid depression in a community sample of 268 individuals with alcohol dependence. Results of analyses comparing drinkers with either current or past depression to never-depressed drinkers showed that res...

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Published inCommunity mental health journal Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 361 - 373
Main Authors KIRCHNER, Joann E, CURRAN, Geoffrey M, THRUSH, Carol R, OWEN, Richard R, FORTNEY, John C, BOOTH, Brenda M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Springer 01.10.2002
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Addictions
Addictive behaviors
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcohol dependence
Alcohol use
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Comorbidity
Correlates
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression
Depressive Disorder - epidemiology
Education
Employment
Ethnicity
Expenditures
Female
Health care policy
Health insurance
Health services
Humans
Interviews
Logistic Models
Longitudinal studies
Male
Medical sciences
Medically Uninsured
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Mood disorders
Polls & surveys
Population
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
R&D
Research & development
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic Factors
USA
Mood disorder
Human
Drug addiction
Concomitant disease
Alcoholism
Dependence
Risk factor
Sex
Depression
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Summary:This cross-sectional study examines sociodemographic, clinical and func tional correlates of comorbid depression in a community sample of 268 individuals with alcohol dependence. Results of analyses comparing drinkers with either current or past depression to never-depressed drinkers showed that respondents in the former two groups were more likely to be female and report more comorbid drug use disorders. In addition to marked functional impairment for currently depressed drinkers, we also found that respondents with past depression were significantly less likely to have health insurance coverage. This lack of insurance for previously depressed persons calls for future work examining the potential influence of this barrier to access care on both clinical and functional outcomes.
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ISSN:0010-3853
1573-2789
DOI:10.1023/A:1019804311109