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Gender Differences in the Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Cravings in Alcoholism
Author(s) -
Boykoff Nelli,
Schneekloth Terry D.,
HallFlavin Daniel,
Loukianova Larissa,
Karpyak Victor M.,
Stevens Susanna R.,
Biernacka Joanna M.,
Mrazek David A.,
Frye Mark A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00057.x
Subject(s) - craving , clinical psychology , psychiatry , addiction , intervention (counseling) , alcohol addiction , prospective cohort study , alcohol , depressive symptoms , medicine , cohort , depression (economics) , psychology , concomitant , cognition , biochemistry , chemistry , economics , macroeconomics
This study examines the clinical correlates of alcohol craving in men and women self‐referred for addiction treatment. Admission clinical data from patients participating in the Mayo Clinic 1‐month Intensive Addictions Program were evaluated. Women had higher BDI and PACS scores compared with men in both the entire cohort and Dual Diagnoses group. Alcohol‐dependent females had the most marked correlation between BDI and PACS (ρ= .78). Further prospective study is encouraged to evaluate whether depressive symptoms and concomitant alcohol cravings in women are a marker for relief cravings and, as such, a target symptom for treatment intervention. (Am J Addict 2010;00:1–5)