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Alcoholism and depression in a Swedish female population: co‐morbidity andrisk factors
Author(s) -
Spak Lena,
Spak Fredrik,
Allebeck Peter
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.102001044.x
Subject(s) - mood disorders , psychiatry , depression (economics) , alcohol abuse , clinical psychology , psychology , population , major depressive disorder , major depressive episode , mood , alcohol use disorder , depressive mood , medicine , alcohol , anxiety , biochemistry , chemistry , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
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.