Does self-medication predict the persistence or rather the recurrence of alcohol dependence?

JAMA Psychiatry. 2014 Feb;71(2):205. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.2985.

Authors

Lynn Boschloo¹, Wim van den Brink², Brenda W J H Penninx³

Affiliations

¹ University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation, Groningen, the Netherlands.
² Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Psychiatry and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

PMID: 24500625
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.2985

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Alcohol Drinking / epidemiology*
Alcohol Drinking / psychology*
Alcoholism / epidemiology*
Alcoholism / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Mood Disorders / epidemiology*
Mood Disorders / psychology*
Self Medication / psychology*