Factors associated with substance use problem among Maryland Medicaid enrollees affected by serious mental illness
June 24th, 2009 Posted by: admin
Publication year: 2009
Source: Addictive Behaviors, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 May 2009
Marie L., LePage , Krista, Schladweiler , Janis H., Crowther , Pierre K., Alexandre , Ellen F., Harrington , …
The objective of this study was to identify long term factors associated with substance use problem among individuals affected by severe mental illness. Prospective data come from the 1994, 1998, and 2000 waves of the Maryland Mental Health Outcomes Survey conducted among a sub-cohort of adult Medicaid recipients affected by serious mental illness. We estimated factors associated with alcohol and drug problem, as well as a hierarchy of substance use problem severity constructed from the alcohol and drug problem outcomes. Drug problem was the strongest factor associated with alcohol problem, and vice versa. Conceptualizing alcohol and drug problem separately, and…
