Psychiatric Problems in Women Admitted to an Alcoholic Detoxification Center
Abstract
The authors studied 293 consecutive female admissions to a public detoxification facility. One-half had a primary diagnosis of alcoholism; the rest had a primary diagnosis of affective disorder (14%), antisocial personality (14%), drug abuse (6%) or did not meet the criteria for alcoholism (13%). Each subgroup had unique social backgrounds and characteristic histories of involvement with alcohol, drugs, and antisocial problems. The primary alcoholic woman in the detoxification center resembles the primary alcoholic man in the same setting. The authors underscore the importance of socioeconomic strata and primary versus secondary diagnosis in understanding the prognosis for alcoholics.
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