TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Association between psychiatric symptoms and severity of alcohol dependence in a sample of brazilian men
JO  - Journal of nervous and mental disease
A1  - Lima, Ana Flávia Barros da Silva
A1  - Pechansky, Flavio
A1  - Fleck, Marcelo Pio de Almeida
A1  - De Boni, Raquel
SP  - 126
EP  - 130
VL  - 193
IS  - 2
N2  - The objective of this study was to verify the association between psychiatric symptoms and severity of alcohol dependence in male patients who sought treatment in two Brazilian treatment sites. A cross-sectional study was designed with 36 cases stratified into two groups according to the severity of alcohol dependence ascertained by the Short Form Alcohol Dependence Data scale; participants also answered the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, and the Symptom Check List 90. The mean age of the sample was 46 years, and 63.9% fulfilled criteria for severe alcohol dependence. Obsessive-compulsive, depressive, and paranoid symptoms were the most common clinical findings in the sample. Patients with severe dependence showed higher scores of psychiatric symptoms compared with patients with mild/moderate dependence across all analyses (p <.05). These data suggest an association between severity of alcohol dependence and psychiatric symptoms, pointing at the relevance of early detection of this clinical situation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -