title: Comorbid psychiatric diagnoses among individuals presenting to an addiction treatment program for alcohol dependence.
abstract: A retrospective patient record review was conducted to examine comorbid psychiatric diagnoses, and comorbid substance use, among 465 patients below 45 years of age, presenting to a national alcohol addiction treatment unit in Dublin, between 1995 and 2006. Rates were high for depressive disorder (25.3%) particularly among females (35.4%). Lifetime reported use of substances other than alcohol was 39.2%, and further analysis showed significantly higher rates of deliberate self-harm among this group. Lifetime reported use of ecstasy was also significantly associated with depression in this alcohol-dependent population using logistic regression analysis. Implications and limitations of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Addictions Department, St. John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Ireland. johnlyne@mail.com
authors.forename: John Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lyne
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: O'Donoghue
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clancy
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Gara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers