Patterns of DSM-IV Alcohol Abuse and Dependence Criteria Among Adolescents and Adults: Results From the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

• Published in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 810 - 828
• Main Authors: Harford, Thomas C., Grant, Bridget F., Yi, Hsiao-ye, Chen, Chiung M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2005; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Alcoholism - diagnosis; Alcoholism - epidemiology; Alcoholism - psychology; Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Data Collection; Drug addictions; Ethnic Groups; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Temperance; Toxicology; United States - epidemiology; United States; Human; Drug addiction; DSM-IV; Ethanol; Substance abuse; Alcohol Abuse and Dependence; Alcoholic beverage; Survey; Addiction; Adolescent; Dependence; Adult; Adults; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV; Adolescents

Background: Studies of the prevalence of DSM‐IV alcohol use disorders (AUDs) in general population samples of adolescents and adults are rare. Comparisons of the prevalence of alcohol abuse and dependence in adolescent surveys with the prevalence in adult general population surveys are confounded by...