Table 2.
Psychiatric comorbidity and risk for alcohol abuse or emotional disruption of function.
| Alcohol problem
|
Emotional disruption of function
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatric condition | No. (%) | No. | OR (CI)a | No. | OR (CI)a |
| No PTSD, panic, or depression | 8,377 (82.7) | 1,264 | 1.0 | 406 | 1.0 |
| Any PTSD, panic, or depression | 1,755 (17.3) | 498 | 2.3 (2.0–2.5) | 821 | 17.3 (15.1–19.8) |
| Probable PTSD only | 563 (6.3) | 180 | 2.6 (2.2–3.2) | 154 | 7.4 (6.0–9.1) |
| PTSD plus either panic or depression | 416 (4.7) | 126 | 2.5 (2.0–3.0) | 278 | 39.6 (31.5–50.0) |
| PTSD plus both panic and depression | 145 (1.7) | 53 | 3.2 (2.3–4.6) | 118 | 85.8 (55.8–131.9) |
| Depression only | 368 (4.2) | 80 | 1.6 (1.2–2.0) | 187 | 20.3 (16.2–25.5) |
| Panic disorder only | 199 (2.3) | 47 | 1.7 (1.3–2.4) | 40 | 4.9 (3.4–7.1) |
| Panic and depression only | 64 (0.8) | 12 | 1.3 (0.7–2.4) | 44 | 43.2 (25.2–74.0) |
| Total | 10,132 (100) | 1,762 | 1,227 | ||
a
ORs are the odds for reporting an alcohol problem (CAGE scale) or emotional disruption (Sheehan scale) in those with the conditions listed compared to those with no PTSD, panic, or depression (reference group).