Alcohol and other drug disorders, comorbidty and violence in rural African American women.
African-American women report less alcohol and drug (AOD) use than Caucasian women. However, African-Americans disproportionately experience negative health and social consequences of AOD use. This is especially true for rural women, many of whom live in poverty and have debilitating co-morbid psychiatric disorders that go undiagnosed and treated. It is imperative that health professionals be knowledgeable about AOD use, co-morbid disorders, and how to screen for them. This manuscript is focused on examining rural African American women (n = 142) with and without AOD disorders on the following variables: drugs of abuse, Axis I psychiatric disorder, and adult and childhood victimization.
Boyd
Mary B
MB
College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. mary.boyd@sc.edu
Mackey
Marlene C
MC
Phillips
Kenneth D
KD
Tavakoli
Abbas
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000208:ethnology; D015897:Comorbidity; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013022:South Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology*; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology