가족력 유무에 따른 알코올중독환자의 임상적 특성

The Clinical Characteristics of Alcoholics according to Family History of Alcoholism

Object：We attempted to clarify the clinical characteristics of alcoholics according to family history of alcoholism. Method：We examined 51 men alcoholics who had been admitted to alcoholic open ward in Seoul National Mental Hospital from June 1st 1996 to June 30th 1996 according to their family history of alcoholism. We perfomed semi-structured interview for demographic data, drinking history, and social consequences. Self-report questionnaires for severity of alcoholism(Alcoholism Screening Test of Seoul National Mental Hospital；NAST), depression(Korean Version Beck Depression Inventory；K-BDI) and anxiety(State-Trait Axiety Inventory；STAI-trait and state) were given to all subjects at least 2 weeks later after admission. Result： 1) The number of familial alcoholics were 22 and those of non familial alcoholics were 29. 2) Mean age on admission(p<0.05) and age when first diagnosed as alcoholism(p<0.05) was significantly younger in familial alcoholics than in non-familial alcoholics. 3) Familial alcoholics were scored significantly higher than non-familial alcoholics in Alcoholism Screening Test of Seoul National Mental Hospital(p<0.05), Korean Version Beck Depression Inventory(p<0.05), and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(p<0.05). Conclusion：Therefore special attention is needed for familial alcoholics due to above clinical characteristics.