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Alcoholism in the Army: A Demographic Survey of an Inpatient Population
Author(s) -
Wood P. J. W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1980.tb01401.x
Subject(s) - demography , marital status , medicine , population , poison control , injury prevention , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , psychology , psychiatry , medical emergency , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Summary One hundred male admissions to the British Army's Alcohol Treatment Unit were interviewed, demographic data being compared with information on the whole army. Findings included a mean age of 29.2 years, arid high rates of marital breakdown, drunkenness offences, drinking and driving offences, poor work performance and abnormal liver Junction tests. The sample tended lo be older than their rank‐peers, were more likely to have enlisted after the age of twenty‐one years, had achieved less in terms of promotion, and were more likely to be serving in duty free areas. The implications of these findings are discussed.