Alcoholism: Nature and Extent of the Problem

1 January 1958

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Vol. 315 (1) , 1-11
https://doi.org/10.1177/000271625831500102

Abstract

Alcoholism is a behavioral disorder causing some physical, social, or economic disability in over 4 million adults in the United States. Its exact etiology is not established; it may be related to constitutional, psychological, sociologic, and pharmacological factors.

Keywords

BEHAVIORAL DISORDER
PROBLEM ALCOHOLISM
SOCIOLOGIC
EXACT ETIOLOGY
PHARMACOLOGICAL FACTORS
ECONOMIC DISABILITY
MILLION ADULTS
DISORDER CAUSING