Bron B, Lowack A
Abteilung für Psychiatrie der Universität Göttingen.
Z Gerontol. 1987 Jul-Aug;20(4):219-26.
The report is based on records of 117 in-patients over 60 years of age treated because of alcohol or drug dependence. Remarkably, the abuse of alcohol and particularly of drugs had frequently started at higher age. Situations of loss, loneliness, and isolation as well as mental and physical disease played a precipitation part. In the majority of patients the course of the dependence was severe. Prophylactic and diagnostic problems will be discussed and the necessity of improved therapeutic means will be pointed out. The avoidance of iatrogenically induced drug dependence appears to be particularly important.
本报告基于117名60岁以上因酒精或药物依赖而接受治疗的住院患者的记录。值得注意的是，酒精尤其是药物滥用往往始于较高年龄。失落、孤独和孤立的情况以及身心疾病起到了促发作用。在大多数患者中，依赖过程较为严重。将讨论预防和诊断问题，并指出改进治疗方法的必要性。避免医源性药物依赖似乎尤为重要。
