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- Title
Demographic characteristics and antisocial personality disorder of early and late onset alcoholics identified in a primary care clinic.
- Authors
Huang, David B.; Kamat, Paresh P.; Wang, Jay
- Abstract
A total of 1,734 persons were prospectively screened in a primary care clinic to examine the demographic characteristics and presence or absence of antisocial personality disorder among early onset alcoholics (EOA) and late onset alcoholics (LOA). A total of 76 EOA (male = 58 and female = 18) and 80 LOA (male = 56 and female = 24), as determined by the Comprehensive Drinking Profile Scale, participated in the study. EOA tended to be single and were younger, in a lower socioeconomic class, raised by non-biological parents, more likely to have antisocial personality disorder, and more likely to commit certain convicted offenses compared to LOA (p <or= .05). This study found that EOA identified in a primary care clinic have a different demographic profile and are more likely to have antisocial personality disorder compared to LOA.
- Subjects
TEXAS; DEMOGRAPHIC characteristics; ANTISOCIAL personality disorders; MEDICAL care research; SOCIAL status; PREVENTION of alcoholism; ADOLESCENT psychopathology; BIRTHPARENTS; UNIVERSITY of Texas at Houston. Health Science Center; PSYCHOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS of alcoholism; PSYCHOLOGY of alcoholism; AGE distribution; ALCOHOLISM; LONGITUDINAL method; MEDICAL screening; PRIMARY health care; RESEARCH funding; SEX distribution; COMORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method; PSYCHOLOGICAL factors; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
American Journal on Addictions, 2006, Vol 15, Issue 6, p478
- ISSN
1055-0496
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1080/10550490601000504