title: Prevalence, correlates and treatment status of alcohol use disorders in psychiatric patients in China.
abstract: To determine the prevalence, associated factors and treatment status of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) in psychiatric patients in China.
  
  
  
  We asked 24,379 consecutive patients aged ≥18years who presented at the psychiatric departments in eight hospitals in 2013 whether they had consumed alcoholic beverages in the previous month. Of the 2964 (12.2%) patients who answered yes and were then screened with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), 1304 (5.3%) screened positive (AUDIT≥7) and, based on DSM-IV criteria, were diagnosed with AUDs by psychiatrists. The treatments prescribed for them were also recorded. Logistic regression was used to identify AUDs associated factors.
  
  
  
  The prevalence of AUDs was 2.4% (95% CI: 2.2-2.6%). None of the patients diagnosed with AUDs had got medical treatment for preventing relapse. The risk factors for AUDs were middle-aged or elderly (OR=1.86, 95% CI: 1.23-2.80), and consuming beverages with high degree of alcohol content (OR=2.92, 95% CI: 2.11-4.06).
  
  
  
  The prevalence of AUDs in psychiatric patients in China was not high, but the rate of treatment was dramatically low, indicating the serious neglect of AUDs. Our study suggests an urgent need to improve the situation of unmet need for treatment of psychiatric patients with AUDs.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, Changsha, PR China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, Changsha, PR China.
authors.forename: Hongxian
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, Changsha, PR China.
authors.forename: Huixi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Henan Mental Hospital, Xinxiang, PR China.
authors.forename: Kui
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.affiliation: Henan Mental Hospital, Xinxiang, PR China.
authors.forename: Ruiling
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai, PR China.
authors.forename: Haifeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai, PR China.
authors.forename: Wenzheng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai, PR China.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai, PR China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhihua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing, PR China.
authors.forename: Rongxin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing, PR China.
authors.forename: Shuiping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing, PR China.
authors.forename: Shiping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Hubei General Hospital, Wuhan, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital of Xian Jiaotong University, Xian, PR China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital of Xian Jiaotong University, Xian, PR China.
authors.forename: Runzhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital of Xian Jiaotong University, Xian, PR China.
authors.forename: Chengge
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, The China National Clinical Research Center for Mental Health Disorders, National Technology Institute of Psychiatry, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province, Changsha, PR China. Electronic address: weihao57@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Alcohol abuse; Alcohol dependence; Alcohol use disorders; Cross-sectional survey; Prevalence