Alkol Bağımlısı Olan Erkek Hastalarda Alkolizm Alt Tipleri
Gökay Aksaray, Sıdıka Erol, Berkant Yelken, Cem Kaptanoğlu, Cengiz Bal
Article No:
5
Article Type :
Research
Alcoholism is likely to be a heterogeneous disorder composed of subtypes. On the basis of five clinical factors: age of onset of dependence, history of familial alcoholism, the prevalence of somatic diseases, the prevalence of psychiatric diseases and liver damages, K-means cluster analysis delineated three types of alcoholics. Type I was characterized by late onset of dependence, low prevalence of somatic diseases. Type 11 was characterized by eady onset of dependence and high familial alcohilsm. Type 111 was characterized by early onset of dependence. Familial alcoholism was absent in this suhtype.
Keywords :
Alcohol dependence, alcohol subtypes, early-onset alcoholism
Dusunen Adam : The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences :
2002;15:30-33
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