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Elsevier, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 3(133), p. 825-831
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.08.030
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Cross-cultural patterns of the association between varying levels of alcohol consumption and the common mental disorders of depression and anxiety: secondary analysis of the WHO Collaborative Study on Psychological Problems in General Health Care.
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Pedro Zitko,
Ricardo Araya,
Glyn Lewis ,
Christos Lionis,
Venetsanos Mavreas
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Abstract
Alcohol consumption is associated with several complications of both physical and mental health. Light or moderate alcohol consumption may have beneficial effects on physical or mental health but this effect is still controversial and research in the mental health field is relatively scarce. Our aim was to investigate the association between varying levels of alcohol consumption and the common mental disorders of depression and anxiety in a large international primary care sample.