DWI Means SUD

A conviction for driving while impaired strongly suggests that the offender has a drug or alcohol use disorder.

More Americans are arrested for driving while impaired (DWI) than for any other crime besides drug possession. This follow-up study focused on 716 people convicted of DWI and referred to substance abuse screening programs (first offenders, 80%; initial sample size, 2615 consecutive referrals). Researchers compared prevalence of participants' substance use disorders (SUDs) 15 years after referral with prevalence in the population-based National Comorbidity Survey Replication; results were demographically weighted. Sex-stratified analyses were conducted in people who self-identified as Hispanic or non-Hispanic white.

Compared with general-population rates, 12-month rates of diagnosed alcohol abuse or dependence were significantly higher in mal…

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Steven Dubovsky, MD

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Grant/Research SupportTower Foundation; Patrick Lee Foundation; Boehringer Ingelheim; Intra-Cellular Therapies; Janssen; Biogen; Allergan

Editorial BoardsMind and Brain; Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic; Current Psychiatry; Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Steven Dubovsky, MD

Disclosures

Grant/Research SupportTower Foundation; Patrick Lee Foundation; Boehringer Ingelheim; Intra-Cellular Therapies; Janssen; Biogen; Allergan

Editorial BoardsMind and Brain; Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic; Current Psychiatry; Journal of Psychosomatic Research

DWI Means SUD

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