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Alcoholism and depression in a Swedish female population: co‐morbidity andrisk factors by Lena Spak; Fredrik Spak; Peter Allebeck is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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**Objective:** Our aims were to study associations between depressive disorders and alcohol dependence/abuse (ADA) in a female population‐based sample, and to identify risk indicators common to both depressive disorders and ADA. **Method:** Three hundred and sixteen women in a stratified randomized sample were interviewed face to face. They were asked about their childhood/adolescence and alcohol habits. Clinical lifetime diagnoses according to DSM‐III‐R were made. Depressive disorders includes different mood disorders. **Results:** Half the women with ADA also had a depressive disorder, and 25% of the women with depressive disorders also had ADA. Alcohol intoxication before the age of 15 and psychological and/or psychiatric problems before the age of 18 years increased the risk for ADA and depressive disorders in our study. **Conclusion:** Our results support previous findings of an association between depressive disorders and ADA, beginning early in life.
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- Author
- Lena Spak; Fredrik Spak; Peter Allebeck
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0001-690X)
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Social Sciences)