Drinking problems |
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| Authors: | E H Kua C S Tian S M Ko B K Yeo |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore. |
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| Abstract: | This is a study of 54 patients referred for treatment of drinking problems. They were from two age groups--20 to 39 years and 40 to 59 years. More of the younger patients were referred by their families and older patients by their doctors or other health professionals. The younger patients had a mean duration of 8.2 years of drinking and were more severely dependent on alcohol (higher mean SADQ score). The older patients' mean duration of drinking was 14.1 years and had a lower mean SADQ score. More younger patients had work and family problems, but did not differ significantly from the older patients in alcohol-related physical or mental disabilities. |
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