Clinical characteristics of alcohol combined with other substance use disorders in an American Indian community sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol and other substance use disorders (SUD) pose major problems of morbidity and mortality in some American Indian communities, but little is known about the clinical characteristics, risk factors, and consequences of combined alcohol and other substance use disorders (multi-substance use disorder, MSUD) in those communities.

Methods

Using the Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism (SSAGA), in a community sample of 876 American Indians, the clinical characteristics of lifetime DSM-5 moderate or severe alcohol use disorder alone (AUD alone) (n=146) and MSUD (defined as alcohol and ≥1 other SUD) (n=284) were evaluated and compared to 347 participants with no lifetime SUD (no SUD).

Results

The majority (57%) of participants with a SUD ha

SUBMITTER: Gilder DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4792738 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature