- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Alcohol abuse: a study of the relationship between anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse and alcohol relapse with the effectiveness of current treatment modalities, 2001
- Creator:
- Jackson, Reginald
- Date of Original:
- 2001-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This study assessed the relationship between alcohol abuse, anxiety, depression, and current treatment. The setting was in a public hospital, located in the suburbs of Metairie, Louisiana. The population consisted of males and females who came to the hospital with complaints of alcohol related behaviors and problems. The project assessed ninety patients over a four-month period, testing their levels of anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, and alcohol relapse prior to treatment. The same patients were re-tested after they received treatment as a post-test. The levels of the patient's anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, and alcohol relapse was compared to determine if there were differences between the levels of anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, and alcohol relapse on the pre-test and post�test scores. The results indicated that there were no significant differences between pre-test and post-test scores and that there is a clear relationship between alcohol abuse, anxiety and depression. The results indicate that treatment had no significant impact on anxiety or depression. Anxiety and depression are antecedents to alcohol use and the factors that led to drinking behavior. The purpose of treatment most often focused primarily on the drinking behavior. This study indicates that present treatment modalities have not reduced the drinking behaviors of individuals when anxiety and depression scores were high on the pre-test for anxiety or the pre-test for depression when the alcohol abuse pre-test scores were high.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2001_jackson_reginald
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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