Chart review of alcohol problems in adolescent psychiatric patients in an emergency room.
Of 459 consecutive teenage patients seen for psychiatric evaluations in a general hospital emergency room during a 1-year period, 76 (17%) had blood alcohol levels over 100 mg/dl. Males and females were represented equally in this group. The most common DSM-III diagnoses in these patients were affective disorders and conduct disorders.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk; D012737:Sex Factors; D014861:Washington
D000431:Ethanol