Lifetime psychiatric hospital diagnoses among 8,412 Danish men registered in an outpatient alcohol clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the prevalence of lifetime psychiatric hospital diagnoses among men registered in an outpatient alcohol clinic and compare the prevalence with matched controls. To assess temporality of alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnoses and another psychiatric hospital diagnosis and examine the prevalence of lifetime psychiatric hospital diagnoses according to this temporal order.

Methods

The study included 8,412 Danish men registered in an outpatient alcohol clinic, and 8,412 unregistered controls from the Danish Conscription Database matched on birth date, lifespan, intelligence and draft board district. Information on first outpatient AUD treatment was retrieved from the Copenhagen Alcohol Cohort. Information on lifetime psychiatric hospital diagnoses was retrieve

SUBMITTER: Christoffersen LAN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7994687 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature