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Monday, July 2, 2007

NEWS RELEASE - Alcohol Survey Reveals 'Lost Decade' Between Ages of Disorder Onset and Treatment


At some time during their lives, more than 30 percent of U.S. adults surveyed in 2001-2002 had met current diagnostic criteria for an alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to an article in the current issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. Many of those persons never received treatment, and many others did not receive treatment until well after AUD onset.


Of those with alcohol dependence, only 24.1 percent had received any type of treatment, broadly defined to include treatment either by a physician or other health professional, or by 12-step programs, crisis centers, employee assistance programs, or others. Of those with alcohol abuse, only 7.0 percent had received treatment. Although average age of alcohol dependence onset was 22.5 years, average age of first treatment was 29.8—a lag time of 8 years. Average age of alcohol abuse onset was 21.9 years, but average age of first treatment was 32.1—a lag time of 10 years.

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