Did lifetime rates of alcohol use disorders increase by 67% in 10 years? A comparison of NLAES and NESARC.

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Authors: Vergés, Alvaro; Littlefield, Andrew K; Sher, Kenneth J
Year: 2011
Journal: Journal of abnormal psychology
PMID: 21319922
DOI: 10.1037/a0022126
PMCID: PMC3135776

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20	Results and Discussion — Did Rates of Hazardous Use “Truly” Change?	To examine these potential explanations further, the prevalence of hazardous use was decomposed into…
21	Results and Discussion — Did Rates of Hazardous Use “Truly” Change?	in NLAES, 1.64% in NESARC). However, lifetime rates of these items appear to increase between NLAES…
22	Results and Discussion — Did Rates of Hazardous Use “Truly” Change?	Given these results, the finding that drinking and driving decreased from 1992 to 2002 is highly…
23	Results and Discussion — Are the Discrepancies Moderated by Age Cohort?	One possibility is that the discrepant rates of lifetime abuse between the samples is limited to…
24	Results and Discussion — Are the Discrepancies Moderated by Age Cohort?	the bottom panel of Figure 1, lifetime rates of alcohol abuse are substantially higher in NESARC…
25	Results and Discussion — Does Recurrence/Duration Assessment Make a Difference?	One methodological difference between the two surveys that could explain both overall differences in…
26	Summary and Conclusions	As noted at the outset, the most definitive estimates of AUDs in the U.S. population suggest that,…
27	Summary and Conclusions	Our findings appear to rule out the possibility that a massive increase in AUDs occurred in the…
28	Summary and Conclusions	These findings have important implications for substance use and other psychiatric surveillance and…
29	Summary and Conclusions	differences in dependence prevalence across them. These discrepancies appeared to be primarily…
30	Summary and Conclusions	It is noteworthy that the large discrepancies we observed in lifetime diagnoses appeared to be…
31	Summary and Conclusions	many years. This does not appear to be an optimal conceptualization of persistent or recurrent…
32	Summary and Conclusions	Partially in response to these concerns, an overall substance use disorder category has been…
33	Summary and Conclusions	Though eliminating the abuse/dependence distinction may address some concerns regarding the abuse…
34	Summary and Conclusions	hazardous use criterion (which is largely represented by driving while intoxicated) appears to be…
35	Summary and Conclusions	Though the focus of our analyses has been on method, it is important to highlight that our results…

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