Predictors or alcoholism in the Lundby study. III: Social risk factors for alcoholism

In 1957 all inhabitants (2,612) in a delimited geographical area, Lundby, were examined by a psychiatrist, and social factors were evaluated for each individual. During the following 15 years 58 men became alcoholics. Among the men who in 1957 were in the age group 0-14 years and belonged to a '...

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Published in:European Archives of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences 1986, Vol.235 (4), p.197-199
Main Authors: HAGNELL, O, ISBERG, P.-E, LANKE, J, RORSMAN, B, OHMAN, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Alcoholism - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Peer Group
Prospective Studies
Psychiatric epidemiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk
Social Class
Social Environment
Social Identification
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Sweden
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Summary:In 1957 all inhabitants (2,612) in a delimited geographical area, Lundby, were examined by a psychiatrist, and social factors were evaluated for each individual. During the following 15 years 58 men became alcoholics. Among the men who in 1957 were in the age group 0-14 years and belonged to a 'gang', the risk of becoming an alcoholic was 100-fold increased. 'Gang' was also an important factor in the age group 15-24 years. 'Crisis' was an important factor among those over 14, and 'disintegrated environment' in the age group 25-59 years. In the latter age group occupations such as 'entrepreneur', became important as a precipitating factor. 'Married' was the only protective factor found.
ISSN:0175-758X
1433-8491
DOI:10.1007/BF00379973