DETECTION OF ALCOHOLISM AMONG PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENTS

One hundred and eighty four consecutive admissions to male psychiatric open and closed wards were examined for evidence of alcoholism. Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was used for this purpose. The present study shows a prevalence rate of alcohol users to be 41.3 per cent. Nineteen percent...

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Autores principales: Ray, R., Chandrasekhar, K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1982
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21965945
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description One hundred and eighty four consecutive admissions to male psychiatric open and closed wards were examined for evidence of alcoholism. Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was used for this purpose. The present study shows a prevalence rate of alcohol users to be 41.3 per cent. Nineteen percent could be called alcoholic. MAST correlated well with Spitzer's RDG criteria for alcoholism. The family history of non-users was significantly different from that of the alcohol users. The findings are discussed in the light of existing literature both in India and in the West.
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spelling pubmed-30128032011-10-02 DETECTION OF ALCOHOLISM AMONG PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENTS Ray, R. Chandrasekhar, K. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article One hundred and eighty four consecutive admissions to male psychiatric open and closed wards were examined for evidence of alcoholism. Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was used for this purpose. The present study shows a prevalence rate of alcohol users to be 41.3 per cent. Nineteen percent could be called alcoholic. MAST correlated well with Spitzer's RDG criteria for alcoholism. The family history of non-users was significantly different from that of the alcohol users. The findings are discussed in the light of existing literature both in India and in the West. Medknow Publications 1982 /pmc/articles/PMC3012803/ /pubmed/21965945 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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DETECTION OF ALCOHOLISM AMONG PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENTS
title DETECTION OF ALCOHOLISM AMONG PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENTS
title_full DETECTION OF ALCOHOLISM AMONG PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENTS
title_fullStr DETECTION OF ALCOHOLISM AMONG PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENTS
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title_short DETECTION OF ALCOHOLISM AMONG PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENTS
title_sort detection of alcoholism among psychiatric inpatients
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