Familial Patterns in Chronic Alcoholism: A Study of a Father and Son During Experimental Intoxication
SHELDON WEINER M.D.1,
JOHN S. TAMERIN M.D.2,
PETER STEINGLASS M.D., , and
JACK H. MENDELSON M.D.3
1 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vt. 05401
2 Silver Hill Foundation, New Canaan, Conn.
3 Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
A father and son, both chronic alcoholics, were studied in an experimental intoxication paradigm. Marked affective shifts, emergence of hidden themes, and role reversals followed the course of the drinking experience. However, with the cessation of drinking, a return to the typical sober state ensued. It would appear that the use of alcohol itself might also be applied to further research in the area of treatment for the chronic alcoholic.
