psychopathology in the models as we did, we attempted to maximize the relevance of our findings to the broad base of researchers and clinicians that continue to focus specifically on the association of internalizing disorders and alcohol dependence. (Brown et al., 2001; Hobbs et al. 2011; Kessler et al., 1997; Kushner et al., 2000; Nunes and Levin, 2004; Tiet and Mausbach, 2007).