Clinical characteristics and drinking patterns among treatment-seeking patients with alcohol use disorder in Japan from the ALPS-J nationwide prospective cohort study.

While "controlled drinking" as a treatment goal for alcohol use disorder (alcohol use disorder) has recently become accepted in Japan, knowledge regarding the clinical characteristics and drinking patterns of patients with alcohol use disorder remains limited.

This study aimed to describe the gender-stratified baseline clinical characteristics and drinking patterns of treatment-seeking patients with alcohol use disorder using baseline data from the Alcohol Longitudinal Prognosis Study in Japan (Alcohol Longitudinal Prognosis Study in Japan), a multicenter cohort study conducted at 15 facilities nationwide.