title: Comorbid mental disorders among the patients with alcohol abuse and dependence in Korea.
abstract: This study investigated the patterns of alcohol disorder comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, using Korean nationwide epidemiological data. By two-stage cluster sampling, 5,176 adult household residents of Korea were interviewed using the Korean version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Psychiatric disorders strongly associated with alcohol disorders were, other drug abuse or dependence, major depression, simple phobia, antisocial personality disorder, tobacco dependence, and pathological gambling. Male alcoholics had a tendency to begin with tobacco dependence, and some male pathological gamblers first had alcohol disorders. The presence of comorbid psychiatric disorders was associated with a more severe form and the later onset of alcohol disorders, and associated with help-seeking for alcohol abuse/dependence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mjcho@plaza.snu.ac.kr
authors.forename: Maeng Je
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Bong-Jin
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Hahm
authors.forename: Tongwoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Guk-Hee
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Seong-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Chung Kyoon
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D020751:Alcohol-Induced Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D013997:Time Factors