A prospective assessment of reports of drinking to self-medicate mood symptoms with the incidence and persistence of alcohol dependence

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 718-726

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

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

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DSM-IV; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MORBIDITY; PROBABILITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION; SEX;

EID: 84880564732     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.1098     Document Type: Article

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