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The Alcohol Intoxicated Child and Its Prognosis
Author(s) -
THUNSTRÖM M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1988.tb10589.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , psychiatry , child and adolescent psychiatry , welfare , pediatrics , family medicine , political science , law
. This article is a review of Swedish and international literature concerning children apprehended for drunkenness. The need for a thorough psychosocial investigation before deciding how to interpret the episode is stressed. A high‐risk group of children, in whom the drunkenness is to be looked upon as a warning signal of developing alcoholism, is described. Increased co‐operation between the Department of Paediatrics and of Child and Youth Psychiatry, Social Welfare Authorities and School Health Care regarding the treatment of these children is recommended.