Psychiatric News (5/3) reports, “Black and Hispanic veterans are more likely to be given a diagnosis of alcohol use disorder (AUD) than white veterans despite similar levels of alcohol consumption,” investigators concluded after examining “the association between levels of alcohol consumption and diagnoses of AUD among 700,012 veterans enrolled in the Million Veteran Program, a longitudinal cohort study that began enrolling veterans in 2011.” The study revealed that “the racial discrepancy in diagnosis was evident for both men and women but was greatest for Black men who in some cases had a greater than 100% chance of having a diagnosis of AUD than white male veterans.” The findings were published online May 3 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
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— “Black, Hispanic Veterans More Likely Than Whites to Have AUD Diagnosis Despite Similar Drinking, Psychiatric News , May 3, 2023