Contextual Factors and Mental Distress as Possible Predictors of Hazardous Drinking in Norwegian Medical Doctors: A 15-Year Longitudinal, Nationwide Study

European Addiction Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 19-27

  Mahmood, Javed Iqbal ^a   Støen Grotmol, Kjersti ^a   Tesli, Martin ^b   Vaglum, Per ^a   Tyssen, Reidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Doctor; Hazardous drinking; Job stress; Life stress; Longitudinal study; Mental distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; CHARACTER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HAZARDOUS DRINKING; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORWEGIAN (CITIZEN); PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; UNEMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL STRESS; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84995784065     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000452442     Document Type: Article

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