Mental health and substance misuse 7 years following an Emergency Department admission for alcohol intoxication
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Methods In 2006-2007, 631 patients aged 18-30 were admitted for alcohol intoxication at the ED of a tertiary Swiss hospital. In 2014, they were re-contacted and interviewed to complete: demographics, alcohol use disorders identification test-consumption (AUDIT-C), Mini International Neuropsychiatric interview (MINI) for AUD, SF12 mental and physical component summary scores (MCS, PCS), Patient Health Questionnaire (depression and anxiety disorders), past year use of illegal drugs/tobacco, if they remembered the admission and discussing their drinking while admitted.
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