Trends in the Co-occurrence and Association Between Heavy Episodic Drinking and Generalized Anxiety Among Adolescents Between 2013 and 2023 in Finland

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ID15440356
AutoresNoora Berg (0000-0002-4115-3797, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, autor de correspondencia), Olli Kiviruusu (0000-0003-4864-8378, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)
Año2024
Volumen23
Número6
Páginas4938-4953
Fecha de publicación2024-09-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1557-1874 • E-ISSN: 1557-1882
EditorialSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11469-024-01387-w
OpenAlexW4402780369
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas50

The diverging trends of decreasing alcohol use and increasing anxiety symptoms among adolescents raise a question, has the strength of the well-known association between these issues also changed. This study examined changes in the co-occurrence and associations between heavy episodic drinking (HED) and generalized anxiety (GA) among Finnish adolescents between 2013 and 2023. From the repeated cross-sectional Finnish School Health Promotion Study ( N = 874 110, age 13–20 years) we estimated self-reported GA symptoms and HED. The proportion of those with both HED and moderate to severe GA increased from 2.9% in 2013 to 3.6% in 2023, indicating a 21.5% relative difference. The association between GA symptoms and HED was stable during the study period (ORs 1.06–1.07). Although the association has been stable, there has been a rise in the proportion of adolescents experiencing both conditions concurrently over the past decade. This calls for strengthening the integration of mental health and substance use prevention and services

Anxiety · Association (psychology · Co-occurrence · Environmental health · Health psychology · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Public health · Quality of Life Research · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance