Psychiatric disorders in adult children of alcoholics: data from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area project.

摘要: OBJECTIVE: The authors examined differences in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders individuals who did or not have alcoholic parents. METHOD: They used data from National Institute Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area project, specifically Piedmont North Carolina. Prevalence was estimated 408 ECA participants reported problem drinking their mother, father, both and 1,477 age- sex-matched subjects report having RESULTS: adult children alcoholics showed significantly higher current (6-month) rates simple phobia agoraphobia lifetime dysthymia, generalized anxiety disorder, panic phobia, agoraphobia. Adult also had more antisocial symptoms. Male alcohol drug abuse symptoms than female alcoholics. a rate diagnoses men were More disorder women Both male matched comparison subjects. Sons fathers substance daughters fathers. Daughters disorder. CONCLUSIONS: These on large community sample add to literature based mainly descriptive material studies smaller samples. Language: en