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ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION OVER 11 YEARS IN A PROBLEM<br />

DRINKING AND DEPENDENT GENERAL POPULATION<br />

SAMPLE.<br />

Kevin L Delucchi 1 , L Kaskutas 2 ; 1 Psychiatry, Universtiy of California, San<br />

Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2 Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute,<br />

Emmeryville, CA<br />

Aims: Compared to treatment-seeking alcohol drinkers, the course of alcohol<br />

c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> am<strong>on</strong>g problem and dependent drinkers in the general populati<strong>on</strong><br />

has seen limited study. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> primary goal of this work was to examine how informal<br />

support and community services impact the course of alcohol disorders by<br />

examining the trajectories of alcohol c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> over 11 years in a randomly<br />

selected sample.<br />

Methods: Both alcohol dependent and problem drinking adults (n=672) were<br />

identified through probability surveys in the general populati<strong>on</strong> of a single<br />

California county. Participants were interviewed at baseline and again 1, 3, 5, 7,<br />

9 and 11 years later. Models of c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>trolling for demographic characteristics,<br />

problem severity, community services, and recovery-oriented social<br />

networks, were estimated.<br />

Results: Total volume of alcohol c<strong>on</strong>sumed declined over time (p

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