June 24, 2024Alcohol Clinical and Experimental ResearchOpen Access

The key role of specific DSM‐5 diagnostic criteria in the early development of alcohol use disorder: Findings from the RADAR prospective cohort study

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TSTim SladeThe University of Sydney SOSiobhan O’DeanThe University of Sydney TCTammy ChungRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Prospective cohort study reveals initial diagnostic symptoms that accelerate alcohol use disorder in emerging adults, highlighting behavioral targets for early intervention.

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Social problems and role impairment from drinking serve as primary warning signs that accelerate the onset of alcohol use disorder, outpacing other initial diagnostic criteria.
Social problems from drinking yielded a hazard ratio of 3.24 for rapid progression, and 26.1% of monitored participants ultimately met diagnostic criteria for the disorder.
Hazard analyses modeled time from first drink across a prospective cohort of 565 emerging adults, using a modified structured clinical interview to track diagnostic transitions.
Highlights specific behavioral markers as critical targets for early intervention, which may enable clinicians to disrupt escalation before severe alcohol use disorder develops.

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Slade et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6380ab6db6435875ca300 https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15379

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Prospective cohort study reveals initial diagnostic symptoms that accelerate alcohol use disorder in emerging adults, highlighting behavioral targets for early intervention.

The key role of specific DSM‐5 diagnostic criteria in the early development of alcohol use disorder: Findings from the RADAR prospective cohort study

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The key role of specific DSM‐5 diagnostic criteria in the early development of alcohol use disorder: Findings from the RADAR prospective cohort study

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