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Female alcoholics V: The relationship between family history of alcoholism and outcome 3–10 years after treatment
Author(s) -
Haver B.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02857.x
Subject(s) - psychodynamics , family history , psychology , borderline personality disorder , personality , antisocial personality disorder , psychiatry , outcome (game theory) , clinical psychology , poison control , injury prevention , medicine , psychotherapist , medical emergency , social psychology , mathematics , mathematical economics
— In a long‐term follow‐up study of 44 female alcoholics, a family history of alcoholism was related to younger age of onset of problem drinking, but did not necessarily imply a poorer outcome within this highly selected group of individuals. Alcoholism in father and his family was not related to either antisocial or borderline personality disorder nor outcome. However, alcoholism in mother and her family correlated with both borderline personality disorder and a significantly poorer outcome. The findings are discussed within different frames of reference, considering genetic mechanisms, psychodynamic factors and family systems theory.