Familial Alcoholism: Evidence from 237 Alcoholics
- 1 July 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 147 (1) , 54-57
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.147.1.54
Abstract
Summary: When male alcoholics with and without a positive family history were compared, differences were found in age of onset, age of presentation, severity of alcoholism, and severity of self-reported antisocial behaviour. No such differences were found for women. The implications of these findings for the concept of ‘familial alcoholism’ are discussed.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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