title: Gender differences in the relationship between depressive symptoms and cravings in alcoholism.
abstract: This study examines the clinical correlates of alcohol craving in men and women self-referred for addiction treatment. Admission clinical data from patients participating in the Mayo Clinic 1-month Intensive Addictions Program were evaluated. Women had higher BDI and PACS scores compared with men in both the entire cohort and Dual Diagnoses group. Alcohol-dependent females had the most marked correlation between BDI and PACS (rho= .78). Further prospective study is encouraged to evaluate whether depressive symptoms and concomitant alcohol cravings in women are a marker for relief cravings and, as such, a target symptom for treatment intervention.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. mfrye@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Nelli
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boykoff
authors.forename: Terry D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Schneekloth
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hall-Flavin
authors.forename: Larissa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Loukianova
authors.forename: Victor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Karpyak
authors.forename: Susanna R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Joanna M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Biernacka
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Mrazek
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Frye
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry) / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012727:Sex Characteristics