Cross-cultural patterns of the association between varying levels of alcohol consumption and the common mental disorders of depression and anxiety: Secondary analysis of the WHO Collaborative Study on Psychological Problems in General Health Care

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 825-831

  Bellos, Stefanos ^a   Skapinakis, Petros ^a   Rai, Dheeraj ^b   Zitko, Pedro ^c   Araya, Ricardo ^b   Lewis, Glyn ^d   Lionis, Christos ^e   Mavreas, Venetsanos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL BARROS LUCO TRUDEAU   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking ; Anxiety disorders; Cross cultural comparison; Depressive disorders; epidemiology; Primary health care; psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING/*EPIDEMIOLOGY; ALCOHOL DRINKING/*PSYCHOLOGY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANXIETY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888436578     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.08.030     Document Type: Article

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