Comorbid Mental Disorders Among the Patients with Alcohol Abuse and Dependence in Korea | Zendy

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Comorbid Mental Disorders Among the Patients with Alcohol Abuse and Dependence in Korea

Author(s) -

Maeng Je Cho,

BongJin Hahm,

Tongwoo Suh,

Guk Hee Suh,

Seong Jin Cho,

CHUNG KYOON LEE

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

journal of korean medical science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743

H-Index - 66

eISSN - 1598-6357

pISSN - 1011-8934

DOI - 10.3346/jkms.2002.17.2.236

Subject(s) - psychiatry , comorbidity , alcohol dependence , antisocial personality disorder , alcohol abuse , personality disorders , depression (economics) , epidemiology , alcohol use disorder , substance abuse , pathological , medicine , clinical psychology , prevalence of mental disorders , psychology , poison control , alcohol , personality , injury prevention , mental health , medical emergency , social psychology , biochemistry , chemistry , economics , macroeconomics

This study investigated the patterns of alcohol disorder comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, using Korean nationwide epidemiological data. By two-stage cluster sampling, 5,176 adult household residents of Korea were interviewed using the Korean version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Psychiatric disorders strongly associated with alcohol disorders were, other drug abuse or dependence, major depression, simple phobia, antisocial personality disorder, tobacco dependence, and pathological gambling. Male alcoholics had a tendency to begin with tobacco dependence, and some male pathological gamblers first had alcohol disorders. The presence of comorbid psychiatric disorders was associated with a more severe form and the later onset of alcohol disorders, and associated with help-seeking for alcohol abuse/dependence.

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