TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary depressives with secondary alcoholism compared with alcoholics and depressives
AU - Leibenluft, Ellen
AU - Madden, Pamela A.
AU - Dick, Sarah E.
AU - Rosenthal, Norman E.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - While a subset of depressed patients are believed to "self-medicate" their depression with alcohol, there are no studies comparing the phenomenological and diagnostic characteristics of patients with primary depression and secondary alcoholism with those of patients with depression or alcoholism alone. In this study, we compared 11 patients from each of these three diagnostic groups in terms of past history and current clinical presentation. The patients were matched for age, sex, and level of function. Comorbid patients were most likely to meet criteria for sedative dependence and panic disorder, and had higher scores on the Hamilton Anxiety Scale. In addition, they scored higher on a hypomania scale and had more first-degree relatives with a history of drug abuse.
AB - While a subset of depressed patients are believed to "self-medicate" their depression with alcohol, there are no studies comparing the phenomenological and diagnostic characteristics of patients with primary depression and secondary alcoholism with those of patients with depression or alcoholism alone. In this study, we compared 11 patients from each of these three diagnostic groups in terms of past history and current clinical presentation. The patients were matched for age, sex, and level of function. Comorbid patients were most likely to meet criteria for sedative dependence and panic disorder, and had higher scores on the Hamilton Anxiety Scale. In addition, they scored higher on a hypomania scale and had more first-degree relatives with a history of drug abuse.
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U2 - 10.1016/0010-440X(93)90051-5
DO - 10.1016/0010-440X(93)90051-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 8485985
AN - SCOPUS:0027155042
SN - 0010-440X
VL - 34
SP - 83
EP - 86
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -