Reports of drinking to self-medicate anxiety symptoms: Longitudinal assessment for subgroups of individuals with alcohol dependence

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-183

  Crum, Rosa M ^a,b,c   La Flair, Lareina ^c   Storr, Carla L ^c,d   Green, Kerry M ^e   Stuart, Elizabeth A ^c   Alvanzo, Anika A H ^b   Lazareck, Samuel ^f   Bolton, James M ^f   Robinson, Jennifer ^f   Sareen, Jitender ^f   Mojtabai, Ramin ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

addiction; alcohol use disorder; alcoholism; anxiety disorder epidemiology; generalized anxiety disorder; panic disorder; phobia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PANIC; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHOBIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RACE; REVIEW; SELF MEDICATION; SEX; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; SELF MEDICATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84872928315     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22024     Document Type: Review

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