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Self-medication prevalent in patients with Anxiety Disorders

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posted Monday, 29 January 2007

Psychiatrice Times, 2007 Jan;XXIV(1)

Persons who have anxiety disorders commonly self-medicate with alcohol and other drugs, a recent survey confirmed. The results were published in the November 2006 issue of The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Dr James Bolton and colleagues, from the University of Manitoba in Canada, administered a nationally representative survey of a modified version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview in the United States; 5877 persons responded, and of the respondents, 1477 were identified as having an anxiety disorder. The study was administered from September 1990 to February 1992.

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