Alcoholic men with no alcoholic first-degree relatives

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The family history of alcoholism was ascertained in 1st-degree relatives and extended family members from interviews with 161 men with primary alcoholism consecutively admitted to an inpatient treatment program, as well as from 1 or 2 resource persons for each patient. Although 56% (n = 90) of the patients reported no history of alcoholism in 1st-degree relatives, this decreased to 41% (n = 66) when data from resource persons were added. An additional 10% (n = 16) had evidence of an alcoholic 2nd-degree family member. Men with alcoholic relatives had more early social problems and more severe alcohol-related pathology.

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