TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnicity and psychiatric comorbidity among alcohol-dependent persons who receive inpatient treatment
T2 - African Americans, Alaska Natives, Caucasians, and Hispanics
AU - Hesselbrock, Michie N.
AU - Hesselbrock, Victor M.
AU - Segal, Bernard
AU - Schuckit, Marc A.
AU - Bucholz, Kathy
PY - 2003/8/1
Y1 - 2003/8/1
N2 - This study examined ethnic and gender differences of psychiatric comorbidity among alcohol dependent men and women from four ethnic groups: Alaska Native, Caucasians, African Americans, and Hispanics. The data were obtained through individual standardized interview; DSM-III-R diagnoses were obtained via a computer algorithm. The subjects inclued 1177 Caucasians, 361 African Americans, 93 Hispanics and 486 Alaska Natives. Significant ethnic differences were found in relation to age of onset of alcohol and multiple substance dependence and psychiatric comorbidity. Ethnic differences were also noted with regard to the health care utilizations.
AB - This study examined ethnic and gender differences of psychiatric comorbidity among alcohol dependent men and women from four ethnic groups: Alaska Native, Caucasians, African Americans, and Hispanics. The data were obtained through individual standardized interview; DSM-III-R diagnoses were obtained via a computer algorithm. The subjects inclued 1177 Caucasians, 361 African Americans, 93 Hispanics and 486 Alaska Natives. Significant ethnic differences were found in relation to age of onset of alcohol and multiple substance dependence and psychiatric comorbidity. Ethnic differences were also noted with regard to the health care utilizations.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Co-occurring disorders
KW - Ethnicity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0043020632&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/01.ALC.0000080164.21934.F9
DO - 10.1097/01.ALC.0000080164.21934.F9
M3 - Article
C2 - 12966342
AN - SCOPUS:0043020632
SN - 0145-6008
VL - 27
SP - 1368
EP - 1373
JO - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
JF - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
IS - 8
ER -