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Female alcoholics
Author(s) -
Blankfield A.
Publication year - 1989
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.1600-0447.1989.tb10270.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychotropic drug , psychotropic medication , parasuicide , psychiatry , logistic regression , family history , injury prevention , poison control , drug , suicide attempt , medical emergency , mental health
– A case note study of 518 alcohol‐dependent (DSM‐III) inpatients examined their reported past history of prescribed psychotropic drug use patterns between 1973–1985. The subjects were cross‐matched for gender, age and admission date and stratified into 3 time periods. The characteristics of psychotropic medication recipients were compared with those patients who reported no use of licit medications. Statistical analysis by logistic regression indicated that there was a significant relationship between the past use of psychotropic drugs with a parental history of excessive alcohol intake, the higher levels of MAST scores and the occurrence of past parasuicide events. Patients in their middle years (35–54) tended to have significantly less psychotropic drugs than the younger or older age groups. The female (70%) to male (48%) ratio of past psychotropic use was 1.4:1. Gender differences were also noted in the use of antidepressants and illicit substances.