Abstract

The proposed study is an epidemiologic analysis of population data on adult cocaine use in the five U.S. areas sampled for the NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) longitudinal field surveys. Baseline data on the 20,860 adults in the five ECA population samples were gathered by standardized interview methods between 1980 and 1984. A follow-up interview was conducted after one year. The primary specific aims for the proposed analyses are: To examine variation in prevalence of adult cocaine use within and between the five Epidemiologic Catchment Areas; and To seek out factors associated with being involved in cocaine use, some of which may prove to be risk factors for becoming involved in cocaine. We will test multivariate models of the nature and strength of potentially causal relationships between cocaine involvement and: (a) current or past history of marijuana use, other drug use, and early onset of drug use; (b) social maladaptive and Anti-Social Personality Disorder; (c) psychopathology, including mental disorders, syndromes, and symptoms; and (d) change in adult social roles, especially role gains that might be a moderating influence on cocaine use, and role losses that might increase levels of use.
These aims relate to longer-term objectives of contributing to the body of research on the descriptive epidemiology of cocaine use in the U.S. and on causal modelling of adult cocaine use, its development and change over time.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01DA003992-02
Application #
3208927
Study Section
(SRCD)
Project Start
1986-09-01
Project End
1988-08-31
Budget Start
1987-09-30
Budget End
1988-08-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1987
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Johns Hopkins University
Department
Type
Schools of Public Health
DUNS #
045911138
City
Baltimore
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
21218

  Publications

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Marino, S; Gallo, J J; Ford, D et al. (1995) Filters on the pathway to mental health care, I. Incident mental disorders. Psychol Med 25:1135-48
Crum, R M; Muntaner, C; Eaton, W W et al. (1995) Occupational stress and the risk of alcohol abuse and dependence. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 19:647-55
Gallo, J J; Anthony, J C; Muthen, B O (1994) Age differences in the symptoms of depression: a latent trait analysis. J Gerontol 49:P251-64
Gallo, J J; Royall, D R; Anthony, J C (1993) Risk factors for the onset of depression in middle age and later life. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 28:101-8
Crum, R M; Helzer, J E; Anthony, J C (1993) Level of education and alcohol abuse and dependence in adulthood: a further inquiry. Am J Public Health 83:830-7
Canino, G; Anthony, J C; Freeman Jr, D H et al. (1993) Drug abuse and illicit drug use in Puerto Rico. Am J Public Health 83:194-200
Crum, R M; Anthony, J C (1993) Cocaine use and other suspected risk factors for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a prospective study with data from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area surveys. Drug Alcohol Depend 31:281-95

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