OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between mental disorders and cigarette use and nicotine dependence among pregnant women in the United States. METHODS A face-to-face general population survey was conducted on participants in the 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. One thousand five hundred sixteen women reporting a pregnancy in the past year were...

Background: To describe the prevalence, type, and mental health correlates of substance use disorders in a large sample of incarcerated Indigenous Australians. Methods: An epidemiological survey of the mental health of Indigenous people in custody in the state of Queensland, Australia was conducted using culturally informed methods. The prevalence, type and mental health correlates of substance...

Co-occurrence of alcohol dependence with other mental disorders is very common, being important cause of diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. There is a lack of systemic solutions in mental health care dedicated to the patients with dual diagnosis. The literature on the topic of treatment of patients with dual diagnosis is limited. While comorbidity of alcohol dependence with mental disorde...

The purpose of this study was to compare dysthymia, double depression (DD), and major depressive disorder (MDD) among individuals receiving substance abuse treatment on individual characteristics and mental health factors including age, gender, alcohol and drug dependence, number of previous mental health and substance abuse treatments, number of suicide attempts and attempts under the influenc...

Definition & Prevalence mon hypothesis, for example, is that individuals with mental health disorders who abuse substances do so in an attempt to self-medicate their symptoms. On the other hand, prolonged abuse of some drugs may produce lasting psychological symptoms (Schottenfeld, 1993). A recent National Comorbidity Survey of the general u.S. population found that 56% of respondents with at l...

BACKGROUND Living with parents suffering from mental illness can influence adolescents' health and well-being, and adverse effects may persist into adulthood. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between parents' mental health problems reported by their 15-16-year-old adolescents, the potential protective effect of social support and long-term dependence on public welfare a...

This study investigated the link between exposure to early life trauma, sensitivity to current daily stressors, and cocaine dependence. Individuals with (n = 105) or without (n = 53) cocaine dependence completed the Early Trauma Inventory and the Daily Hassles Scale. In comparison to controls, cocaine-dependent individuals reported almost twice as many daily hassles and perceived those hassles ...

OBJECTIVE Epidemiological studies have reported an association between smoking and mental disorders. However, little is known about the impairment associated with nicotine dependence. METHOD The authors assessed health-related quality of life, disability, and psychiatric comorbidity in adults with and without nicotine dependence. The analysis was based on data from 3,293 respondents, ages 18 ...

Introduction: Most of our knowledge regarding the link between opioid dependence and poor cognitive functioning is derived from cross sectional studies.This longitudinal study measured the change in memory functioning following complete abstinence among individuals with heroin dependence. Methods: Using a before-after design,this study followed 30 adults ...