Frances R J, Timm S, Bucky S
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1980 May;37(5):564-6. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1980.01780180078009.
This study supports the notion that a group of familial alcoholics can be isolated that is significantly different on many parameters from nonfamilial alcoholics and that this may have implications for diagnostic classification, prognosis, and treatment. A group of 7,064 military men admitted to naval residential alcoholic treatment programs were categorized into two groups: (1) those who reported no incidence of any family history of problems related to drinking; and (2) those who reported at least one family member with a possible drinking problem. These two cohort groups were compared in terms of demographic and behavioral variables obtained from a biographical questionnaire. It was found that the group with a family history of alcoholism had more severe symptomatology of alcoholism, more antisocial behavior, worse academic and social performance in school, less stable employment histories, more severe physical symptoms related to alcohol, and a background of larger families with lower socioeconomic status and more psychopathology.
本研究支持这样一种观点，即可以分离出一组家族性酗酒者，他们在许多参数上与非家族性酗酒者有显著差异，这可能对诊断分类、预后和治疗有影响。7064名入住海军戒酒治疗项目的军人被分为两组：（1）那些报告没有任何与饮酒相关的家族病史的人；（2）那些报告至少有一名家庭成员可能有饮酒问题的人。根据从一份传记式问卷中获得的人口统计学和行为变量，对这两个队列组进行了比较。结果发现，有酗酒家族史的组有更严重的酗酒症状、更多的反社会行为、在学校的学业和社交表现更差、就业历史更不稳定、与酒精相关的身体症状更严重，以及有大家庭背景，社会经济地位较低且精神病理学问题更多。
