ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG DISORDERS, COMORBIDTY and VIOLENCE IN RURAL AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN

African-American women report less alcohol and drug (AOD) use than Caucasian women. However, African-Americans disproportionately experience negative health and social consequences of AOD use. This is especially true for rural women, many of whom live in poverty and have debilitating co-morbid psych...

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Published in:Issues in mental health nursing 2006-12, Vol.27 (10), p.1017-1036
Main Authors: Boyd, Mary B., Mackey, Marlene C., Phillips, Kenneth D., Tavakoli, Abbas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans - ethnology
Analysis of Variance
Case-Control Studies
Child Abuse - ethnology
Comorbidity
Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Mental Disorders - complications
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - ethnology
Mental Health - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Rural Health - statistics & numerical data
Socioeconomic Factors
South Carolina - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - complications
Substance-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Substance-Related Disorders - ethnology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Violence - ethnology
Women - psychology
Women's Health - ethnology
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Summary:African-American women report less alcohol and drug (AOD) use than Caucasian women. However, African-Americans disproportionately experience negative health and social consequences of AOD use. This is especially true for rural women, many of whom live in poverty and have debilitating co-morbid psychiatric disorders that go undiagnosed and treated. It is imperative that health professionals be knowledgeable about AOD use, co-morbid disorders, and how to screen for them. This manuscript is focused on examining rural African American women (n = 142) with and without AOD disorders on the following variables: drugs of abuse, Axis I psychiatric disorder, and adult and childhood victimization.
ISSN:0161-2840
1096-4673
DOI:10.1080/01612840600943622