Differences in Characteristics and Treatment Received among Depressed Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatients with and without Co-Occuring Alcohol Misuse: A 1-Year Follow-Up Study
Table 2
Treatment received of depressed outpatients by alcohol use during the one-year follow-up period ().
Characteristic
Nonmisusers (Audit < 8) (86)
Alcohol misusers (Audit ≥ 8) (70)
P value
Psychosocial treatment
(i) Kept individual appointments, no. (%)
.35
<10
15 (17.4)
17 (24.3)
10–25
42 (48.8)
36 (51.4)
>25
29 (33.7)
17 (24.3)
(ii) Kept family/network appoint, mean (SD; median)
1.4 (1.9; 1.0)
1.2 (2.1;0.0)
.34
(iii) Intensity (individual appoint/month), mean (SD; median)
1.9 (1.1; 1.8)
1.5 (0.8; 1.3)
.04
(iv) Attendance % (individual appoint), mean (SD; median)
76.5 (15.6; 76.0)
68.8 (15.8; 68.5)
.004
Psychotropic medications
Any, no (%)
42 (48.8)
48 (68.6)
.01
(i) Antidepressants
39 (45.3)
41 (58.6)
.10
SSRI
38 (44.2)
39 (55.7)
.15
other antidepressants
8 (9.3)
13 (18.6)
.17
(ii) anxiolytics/ sedatives
20 (23.3)
26 (37.1)
.06
(iii) antipsychotics
8 (9.3)
11 (15.7)
.22
(iv) other
4 (4.7)
3 (4.3)
.66
Combined treatment, no. (%)
.21
Individual psychotherapy
20 (23.3)
17 (24.3)
+ family counselling
27 (31.4)
12 (17.1)
+ medication
19 (22.1)
21 (30.0)
+ medic + family
20 (23.3)
20 (28.6)
Hospitalization, no. (%)
13 (15.1)
10 (14.3)
.88
Number of hospitalization days, mean (SD; median)
13.3 (48.5; 0.0)
10.4 (32.9; 0.0)
.89
Treatment status at the one-year followup, no. (%)
