Alcohol dependence during COVID-19 lockdowns

William D.S. Killgore; Sara A. Cloonan; Emily C. Taylor; Daniel A. Lucas; Natalie S. Dailey

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113676

Alcohol dependence during COVID-19 lockdowns

William D.S. Killgore, Sara A. Cloonan, Emily C. Taylor, Daniel A. Lucas, Natalie S. Dailey

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Abstract

To determine whether the past half-year of COVID-19-related lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, and social isolation were associated with changes in high-risk alcohol use, a total of 5,931 individuals completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) at one of six time points from April through September 2020. Over the 6-month period, hazardous alcohol use and likely dependence increased month-by-month for those under lockdowns compared to those not under restrictions. This increase in harmful alcohol use and related behaviors is likely to have prolonged adverse psychosocial, interpersonal, occupational, and health impacts as the world attempts to recover from the pandemic crisis.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	113676
Journal	Psychiatry research
Volume	296
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113676
State	Published - Feb 2021

Keywords

Alcohol dependence
COVID-19
Lockdowns

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Psychiatry and Mental health
Biological Psychiatry

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