title: [Family history of alcohol abuse - depressive symptoms and the quality of life in view of the MAST score of schizophrenic patients with dual diagnosis].
abstract: The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of familial alcohol abuse, depressive symptoms and the quality of life on MAST score in schizophrenic patients, dependent from alcohol. Material and methods. 61 patients with dual diagnosis and 60 with single diagnosis of schizophrenia performed MAST In two groups with clinical scales, depressive symptoms and the quality of life were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant correlates of higher MAST scores were family history of alcohol abuse and earlier onset of alcoholism. Dissatisfaction with the quality of life was correlated with higher MAST scores but only in dependent from alcohol female schizophrenic patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Symptoms of depression accompanying alcohol dependence did not influence MAST score.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Bialystok, Department of Psychological Diseases, Poland. beatajan@op.pl
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Konarzewska
authors.forename: Napoleon
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Waszkiewicz
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szulc
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lazarczyk-Kirejczyk
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Małus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology