@article{ref1,
title="Hazardous alcohol use in general psychiatric outpatients",
journal="Journal of mental health",
year="2015",
author="Eberhard, Sophia and Nordström, Göran and Ojehagen, Agneta",
volume="24",
number="3",
pages="162-167",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Hazardous alcohol use in psychiatric patients may increase the risk of the development of a substance use disorder and negatively affect the course of the psychiatric disorder. AIMS: To investigate the prevalence of hazardous alcohol and drug use in a Swedish psychiatric outpatient population with particular focus on hazardous alcohol consumption and assess relationships of hazardous alcohol use to sex, age and psychiatric diagnosis. <br><br>METHODS: General psychiatric outpatients, n = 1,679, completed a self-rating Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). <br><br>RESULTS: Hazardous or harmful alcohol habits occurred among 22% of all women and 30% of all men with higher prevalence among younger patients. Nine percent of all women and 22 % of all men reported binge drinking. Binge drinking was more frequent in younger subjects. Women with a personality disorder diagnosis had a higher frequency of at risk drinking. Apart from that, psychiatric diagnosis was unrelated to rate of hazardous drinking. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Hazardous alcohol use was common in this psychiatric outpatient population. With regard to possible risks related to drinking in psychiatric patients, alcohol habits should be assessed as a part of good clinical practice.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0963-8237",
doi="10.3109/09638237.2015.1036967",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2015.1036967"
}