가족력 유무에 따른 여성 알코올 중독자의 임상적 차이 연구

The Clinical Characteristics of Women Alcoholics according to Family History of Alcoholism

Sex is a major risk factor for alcoholism in every culture. In virtually all societies, there is more male than female drinking. It has been suggested that the group of familial alcoholics had more severe clinical pictures of alcoholism, more frequently diagnosed as personality disorders, worse academic and social functioning, more severe physical complication and lower socioeconomic status. Thus the authors intended to compare 38 women alcoholics who had been admitted to department of psychiatry from July 1st 1990 to June 30th 1995 according to their family history of alcoholism. The results were as follows ： 1) The group with family history were 11(28.9%) and the group without family history were 27(71.1%). 2) The group with family history showed to have lower mean age, higher married state, more diagnosis of alcohol dependence, more emergent admission, younger onset age of drinking, longer duration of drinking, more frequent hospitalization, and higher rates of delirium tremens and depressive disorder, compared to the group without family history. But there was no statistically significant difference except marital status. 3) The level of education and socioeconomic state were relatively low in both groups. 4) Depressive disorder and liver disease were associated most frequently in both groups