Psychiatric Comorbidity, Health Status, and Functional Impairment Associated with Alcohol Abuse and Dependence in Primary Care Patients: Findings of the PRIME MD-1000 Study.

Johnson, Jeffrey G.

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ERIC Number: EJ504598

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Publication Date: 1995

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Psychiatric Comorbidity, Health Status, and Functional Impairment Associated with Alcohol Abuse and Dependence in Primary Care Patients: Findings of the PRIME MD-1000 Study.

Johnson, Jeffrey G.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v63 n1 p133-40 Feb 1995

Investigated the psychiatric comorbidity, health, and functioning of 1,000 primary care patients with alcohol abuse and dependence (AAD). Psychiatric symptomatology was assessed with the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) diagnostic system, which resulted in a 71 percent increase in physician recognition of AAD. Other findings are discussed. (RJM)

Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Psychology, Comparative Analysis, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Disorders, Patients, Physicians, Psychiatry, Psychological Studies, Psychopathology, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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