Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-gxg78 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-22T17:59:35.577Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Women, Life Events and Drinking Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Carole A. Allan  and
D. J. Cooke
Carole A. Allan*
Affiliation:
Gartnavel Royal Hospital, 1055 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0XH
D. J. Cooke
Affiliation:
Douglas Inch Centre, Glasgow
*
∗Correspondence
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Do women drink excessively for the same reasons as men? A growing body of opinion suggests not. Beckman's (1975) views are representative— “Alcoholism and heavy drinking in women appear more likely to be linked to psychological stress and a specific precipitating circumstance or situation than is alcoholism or heavy drinking in men”.

Type
Comment
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 4 , April 1986 , pp. 462
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Allan, C. & Cooke, D. (1984) Stressful life events and alcohol in abuse in women: A critical review. Journal of Studies on Alcoholism, 79 425–432.Google Scholar
Beckman, L. J. (1975) Women alcoholics: a review of social and psychological studies. Journal of Studies on Alcoholism, 36, 797–824.Google Scholar
Cooke, D. & Allan, C. (1984) Stressful life events and alcohol abuse in women: A general population survey. British Journal of Addiction, 79, 425–431.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Saunders, W. (1980) Psychological Aspects of Women and Alcohol. In Women and Alcohol (eds. Camberwell Council on Alcoholism). London: Tavistock.Google Scholar
Schuckit, M. & Morrissey, J. (1979) Drug abuse among alcoholic women. American Journal of Psychiatry, 136, 607–611.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Wall, J. H. (1937) A study of alcoholism in women. American Journal of Psychiatry, 93, 943–952.Google Scholar
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.