The National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions - III (NESARC-III) is a nationally representative survey of 46,500 adult Americans that collected data on alcohol use disorders and their associated disabilities in addition to collecting saliva samples for the purpose of understanding the prevalence, risk factors, health disparities, economic costs and gene-environment interactions related to alcohol use disorders and their associated disabilities. Results from the study are not yet available. The data collection is also associated with clinical trial number: NCT01273220.

This dataset tracks the updates made on the dataset "National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) - III" as a repository for previous versions of the data and metadata.

National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) was designed to assess the prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUD) and their associated disabilities in the general population. The survey is the largest ever comorbidity study of multiple mental health disorders among U.S. adults, including alcohol and other substance use disorders, personality disorders, and anxiety and mood disorders. NESARC is designed to be a longitudinal survey with the first wave fielded in 2001–2002. The second wave of interviews was completed in 2004–2005 and used the same sample of respondents. NESARC is a nationwide household survey with a probability sample representative of US adults. The final sample for Wave 1 was 43,093 respondents; Wave 2 was 34,653 of the Wave 1 respondents. Data are not publicly available; however, researchers may request specific analyses via Census.

Socio-demographic, behavioral, and medical characteristics (weighted column %) of US adults by substance use disorder status, NESARC-III.

Joint health state utilities for alcohol use disorder (AUD) and 37 chronic physical and mental health conditions as well as 6 substance use disorders, mainly those commonly co-occurring with AUD, estimated from a US population sample collected in the NESARC-III survey and using SF-6D values. Presented for the entire population, those with lifetime AUD, and past year AUD.

The main objective of this methodological report is to provide comparisons between NSDUH and other national data sources for adult and adolescent mental health prevalence estimates, updating a previous report comparing 2009 NSDUH estimates with other data sources (Hedden et al., 2012). Other sources of data are 2001 to 2003 National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), 2001 to 2004 National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A), 2001 to 2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) Wave 1, 2012 to 2013 NESARC-III, • 2011 to 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), 2011 to 2012 National Survey of Children\'s Health (NSCH), and 2009 and 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).

Weighted descriptive characteristics of individuals with lifetime opioid use disorders (NESARC-III, 2012–2013) (survey n = 766; weighted population n = 5,276,507).

Multivariable logistic regression modeling past-year experience with racial discrimination in healthcare settings among individuals with lifetime opioid use disorders (NESARC-III, 2012–2013) (survey n = 766; weighted population n = 5,276,507).

Model results for zero-inflated Poisson regression (NESARC-III, 2012–2013).

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is a serious and symptomatically heterogenous mental health disorder. Much of the discussion has focused on whether ASPD and psychopathic traits are a continuum or whether categorical classification schemes for ASPD have merit in both adult ASPD and child ASPD traits (Bulchoz et al., 2000; Cottler et al., 1995; Ribeiro et al., 2016). Advances in statistical techniques have made it possible to adjudicate between continuous and categorical models of ASPD using factor mixture modeling (FMM), yet no prior studies have attempted such a comparison. Additionally, most previous studies have solely focused on prison or drug rehabilitation populations which may not be generalizable to those with ASPD in the community. The current study directly compares confirmatory factor analysis, latent class analysis and factor mixture modeling models of ASPD for lifetime, childhood and adult ASPD traits in a large community sample (N = 36,309) from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions III (NESARC-III). ASPD symptoms were assessed using the DSM-V. The implications for ASPD diagnosis and clinical treatment will be discussed.

Cross-sectional association of health services with alcohol involvement class at baseline: NESARC wave 1 (n = 15,320).

The association between an individual’s alcohol misuse and their spouse’s/partner’s behavioral health is well documented. Whether these associations vary by sexual orientation is unknown. We used data from the 2012–2013 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC-III; n = 36,309 U.S. adults ≥18 years). Using multivariable logistic regression models, we examined the associations between sexual orientation (heterosexual-identified with concordant attraction/behavior, heterosexual-identified with discordant attraction/behavior, gay/lesbian, and bisexual) and having a lifetime history of spouse/partner with alcohol problems with lifetime DSM-5 alcohol use disorder, tobacco use disorder, any substance use disorder (SUD), anxiety disorder, mood disorder, and comorbid mental health and SUDs. We conducted two-way interaction tests between history of spouse/partner with alcohol problems and sexual orientation for each outcome. The prevalence of a history of spouse/partner with problem drinking varied by sex and sexual orientation, ranging from 28.8% (bisexual females) to 9.1% (bisexual males). Having a history of a spouse/partner with alcohol problems was associated with increased odds of each outcome (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] range: 1.6 to 2.3, p