"I feel good when I drink"-detecting childhood-onset alcohol abuse and dependence in a Ugandan community trial cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol, substance use, and mental health disorders constitute major public health issues worldwide, including in low income and lower middle-income countries, and early initiation of use is an important predictor for developing substance use disorders in later life. This study reports on the existence of childhood alcohol abuse and dependence in a sub-study of a trial cohort in Eastern Uganda.

Methods

The project SeeTheChild-Mental Child Health in Uganda (STC) included a sub-study of the Ugandan site of the study PROMISE SB: Saving Brains in Uganda and Burkina Faso. PROMISE SB was a follow-up study of a trial birth cohort (PROMISE EBF) that estimated the effect that peer counselling for exclusive breast-feeding had on the children's cognitive functioning and ment

SUBMITTER: Engebretsen IMS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7585688 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature