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Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy for Mood and Anxiety Disorders with Concurrent Alcoholism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Kathleen T. Brady
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Abstract

Co-occurring psychiatric and alcohol use disorders can have devastating personal and societal effects, yet little evidence exists to guide clinical treatment. In the face of scant data, individual practitioners must rely instead on professional experience and those limited practice guidelines that currently exist. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) advises that failure to treat a concurrent psychiatric disorder reduces the likelihood that the treatment for a substance use disorder (SUD) will be effective. Indeed, the effects of nontreatment were demonstrated in a prospective study assessing alcohol-dependent patients for 1 year following hospitalization for alcohol dependence, in which untreated depression was directly associated with a shorter time to first drink. The results also showed that among those patients with depression (Slide 1), taking antidepressants at the time of discharge increased the likelihood of an individual remaining abstinent during the follow-up period.

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Expert Roundtable Supplement
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CNS Spectrums , Volume 13 , Issue S6: Bridging the Clinical Gap: Managing Patients with Co-occurring Mood, Anxiety, and Alcohol Use Disorders , April 2008 , pp. 7 - 9
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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