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Lyne, J and O Donoghue, B and Clancy, M and O Gara, C (2011) Comorbid psychiatric diagnoses among individuals presenting to an addiction treatment program for alcohol dependence. Substance Use & Misuse, 46, (4), pp. 351-358. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826081003754757.

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.


Item Type
Article
Publication Type
Irish-related, Article
Drug Type
Alcohol, All substances
Date
2011
Identification #
https://doi.org/10.3109/10826081003754757
Page Range
pp. 351-358
Publisher
Informa healthcare
Volume
46
Number
4
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