Alcohol use and depression symptoms among employed men and women.

Abstract

A representative sample of 1,367 employed men and women in Detroit responded to questions about drinking practices and symptoms of depression. After controlling for age, education, family income, marital status, medication use, fathers' drinking, and other variables, increased quantity of alcohol consumed per drinking

Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Factory Workers in Nagasaki, Japan

“…The association between health behaviors and depressive symptoms has been controversial. Some studies have shown that depressive symptoms are associated with smoking, alcohol consumption, and lack of physical exercise [35][36][37][38] , while others have not reported any such results [21][22][23] . The difference may be, in part, explained by the different background of the subjects, e.g., difference in sex, and by the difference in the frequencies and intensities of these health behaviors.…”

Mental distress and social conditions and lifestyle in northern Norway.

“…Divorced and separated men and women reported particularly high levels of symptoms (overall prevalence 22%). The 19 widowers reported fairly few problems, but this was most probably a chance finding (95% confidence interval for the proportion of the widowers who reported mental distress 1% to 33%). Years ofeducation had a weak positive association with mental distress in men (p<:0001).…”

Coping Behaviors of Cocaine Dependent Women

“…Studies have shown that negative life events (Chaney & Roszell, 1985;Wills, 1990), regulation of negative emotional states (Cappell & Greeley, 1987;Parker, Parker, Harford, & Farmer, 1987;Steele & Josephs, 1990;Wallace, 1990), problems at school and at home among adolescents (Wills, 1986), and difficulty coping with anger (Wills, McNamara, & Vaccaro, 1995) are related to increased substance use. Social workers are particularly aware of how abusing alcohol and/or other illicit drugs as a coping strategy has profound deleterious effects on daily living, individual long-term goals, plans and intentions.…”