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Type 1 and Type 2 Alcoholics (Cloninger & Bohman) have Different Patterns of Successful Long‐term Adjustment
Author(s) -
NORDSTROM GÖRAN,
BERGLUND MATS
Publication year - 1987
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.1360-0443.1987.tb01543.x
Subject(s) - abstinence , psychology , psychiatry , alcohol dependence , clinical psychology , alcohol abuse , developmental psychology , alcohol , biochemistry , chemistry
Summary Fifty‐five socially well adjusted male alcoholics and 29 male alcoholics with a disability pension, all having a life‐time diagnosis of alcohol dependence (DSM‐III), were personally followed up 2 decades after their first admission to hospital. Among the socially well adjusted subjects, type 1 and type 2 alcoholics, as defined by Cloninger et al., 13 differed significantly concerning drinking patterns at the follow‐up with a higher frequency of stable sporadic abuse (‘atypical abuse’) and a lower frequency of abstinence and social drinking in the type 2 alcoholics (p<.01). The stability of improvement and the psycho‐social functioning at the follow‐up did not differ between atypical abusers, social drinkers and abstainers.