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A French family study of two groups of alcoholic men

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

F Amiel-Lebigre ,
M Duyme  and
S Tordjman
F Amiel-Lebigre*
Affiliation:
Génétique, Neuro-Génétique et Comporlement, URA 1294 CNRS
M Duyme
Affiliation:
Génétique, Neuro-Génétique et Comporlement, URA 1294 CNRS
S Tordjman
Affiliation:
UER Biomédicale, Université Paris V, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75270Paris Cedex 06, France
*
*Correspondence and reprints: 17, rue des Plantes, 75014 Paris, France
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Summary

Alcoholic and psychiatric family history were investigated in two groups of alcoholics, recruited differently, and controls. Alcoholics with or without a family history of alcoholism (AFH + and AFH − ) were compared with regard to professional qualifications, personal psychiatric history, age at onset and reasons given for becoming alcoholic. The results can be summarized as follows: the family ‘aggregate’ of alcoholism found was independent of the recruitment. This was not the case for personal psychiatric history for which a gradient was found in the two alcoholic groups. Rates of alcoholism were higher in both the first and second degree relatives. Alcoholics with AFH+ and AFH− differed significantly with regard to inducement by profession, and tended to differ as to age of onset.

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family studyalcoholismonset
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European Psychiatry , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , 1992 , pp. 61 - 69
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1992

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