An exploration of the dynamic longitudinal relationship between mental health and alcohol consumption: A prospective cohort study

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bell, Steven ^a   Britton, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Longitudinal; Mental health; Reciprocal; Self medication; Temporality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; THEORETICAL MODEL; ALCOHOLISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84902261914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-91     Document Type: Article

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