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Reasons for the Increase in Irish Admission Rates for Alcoholic Disorders
Author(s) -
Kelleher M. J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1975.tb00023.x
Subject(s) - irish , medicine , glossary , hospital admission , psychiatry , pediatrics , philosophy , linguistics
Summary One hundred and forty‐seven consecutive admissions to mental hospitals in the South and West of Ireland, 194 random admissions to mental hospitals in New York and 174 random admissions to mental hospitals in London were examined within three days of admission using reliable semistructured, standardized clinicae instruments and diagnosed according to the criteria of the British Glossary. It was found that the diagnosis of alcoholic disorder was made significantly more frequently on the Irish than on the London admissions and that the Irish admissions, diagnosed alcoholic, had significant more mental symptoms than alcoholic admissions to New York mental hospitals. These findings are discussed in the light of the recent marked increase in first admission rates for alcoholism in Ireland.