TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Lifetime and 6-month prevalence of abuse and dependence of alcohol in the Munich Follow-up Study
JO  - European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience
A1  - Bronisch, Thomas
A1  - Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich
SP  - 273
EP  - 282
VL  - 241
IS  - 5
N2  - This paper reports lifetime and 6-month prevalence rates of alcohol abuse and dependence in West Germany. Assessment instruments are a modified German version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS), a fully standardized interview for the assessment of selected DSM-III diagnoses and the Munich Alcoholism Test (MALT). According to the DIS/DSM-III criteria, 13.0% of the adult general population (aged 25-64 years) were found to fulfill the lifetime criteria for alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, or both; however, only 1.3% of all men and 0.9% of the women interviewed received a current DSM-III diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence. There was good consensus between current DSM-III diagnoses with current clinical ICD-diagnoses, but poor concordance with lifetime diagnoses. Symptoms of alcoholism, onset and severity, comorbidity with other DIS/DSM-III disorders as well as some selected risk factors are reported. The results are primarily compared with the results of the US-Epidemiological Catchment Area Program (ECA).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0940-1334
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -