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Prevalence And Correlates Of Alcohol Use Disorders In The Singapore Mental Health Survey

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Abstract Aims:  To establish the prevalence, correlates, comorbidity, and treatment gap of alcohol use disorders in the Singapore resident population.

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Predictors of injury-related and non-injury-related mortality among veterans with alcohol use disorders

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Aims To describe the association between alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and mortality and to examine risk factors for and all-cause, injury-related and non-injury-related mortality among those diagnosed with an AUD.Setting Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA).Participants A cohort of individuals who received health care in VHA during the fiscal year (FY) 2001 (n = 3 944 778), followed from the beginning of FY02 through the end of FY06.Measurements Demographics and medical diagnoses were obtained from VHA records.

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Substance Use and Survival after Treatment for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) or Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS).

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Conclusion: The results of this study highlight the potential significance of substance use disorders, and lifetime cocaine diagnoses in particular, on treatment outcome for people with chronic myelogenous leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome. Whereas neither lifetime alcohol nor cannabis use were associated with survival on either the univariate or multivariate models of survival, lifetime cocaine diagnoses were associated with significant six-fold increased risk of death (p = .04)

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