The author reviewed about the classification of alcoholics and found that the following characteristics may be helpful in the classification of alcoholics.
Those are : 1) age of onset (before and after 25 years), 2) presence or absence of family his...
The author reviewed about the classification of alcoholics and found that the following characteristics may be helpful in the classification of alcoholics.
Those are : 1) age of onset (before and after 25 years), 2) presence or absence of family history of alcoholics, 3) personality typer of alcoholics (esp. passive-dependent or antisocial). 4) presence or absence of dependence syndrome, 5) psychiatric symptoms of alcoholics (esp. anxiety or depression), 6) binge type or continuous type. 7) acute or chronic, 8) childhood risk factor (by Tarter's Behavior Check List), 9) others.