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- Title
Co-Occurring Alcohol, Drug, and Other Psychiatric Disorders Among Mexican-Origin People in the United States.
- Authors
Vega, William A.; Sribney, William M.; Achara-Abrahams, Ijeoma
- Abstract
We examined co-occurrence of (comorbid) alcohol, drug, and non-substance use psychiatric disorders in a population sample of Mexican-origin adults from rural and urban areas of central California. Co-occurring lifetime rates of alcohol or other drug disorders with non-substance use psychiatric disorders, or both, were 8.3% for men and 5.5% for women and were 12.3% for the US born and 3.5% for immigrants. Alcohol abuse or dependence with co-occurring psychiatric disorders is a primary disorder among Mexican-origin adult males (7.5% lifetime prevalence). US-born men and women are almost equally likely to have co-occuring disorders involving substances. Cobormidity is expected to increase in the Mexican-origin population owing to accult uration effects of both sexes. (Am J Public Health. 2003:93:1057-1064)
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; HISPANIC Americans; SUBSTANCE abuse; COMORBIDITY; ALCOHOLISM; DRUG abuse; IMMIGRANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; DISEASES
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2003, Vol 93, Issue 7, p1057
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.93.7.1057