Models of treatment seeking for alcoholism: The role of genes and environment

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1577-1581

  True, William R ^a,b   Heath, Andrew C ^d   Bucholz, Kathleen ^d   Slutske, Wendy ^d   Romeis, James C ^a,c   Scherrer, Jeffrey F ^a,b   Lin, Nong ^b,d   Eisen, Seth A ^b,d   Goldberg, Jack ^e   Lyons, Michael J ^c,f,g   Tsuang, Ming T ^c,g,h,i,j  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs Saint Louis Health Care System   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Genetic Models; Health Care Utilization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC MODEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030481867     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01702.x     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Niquille M, Koehn V, Magnenat P, Paccaud F, Yersin B: Utilization of hospital resources by alcoholic and nonalcoholic patients: A prospective study. J Gen Intern Med 6:216-222, 1991
2. Weisner C: Toward an alcohol treatment entry model: A comparison of problem drinkers in the general population and in treatment. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 17:746-752, 1993
3. Romeis J, Gillespie KM, Virgo KS, Thorman KE: Female veterans and non-female veterans' use of health services. Med Care 29:932-936, 1991
4. Wolinsky FD: Health and Health Behavior Among Elderly Americans: An Age-Stratification Perspective. New York, Springer Publishing Company, 1990
5. Tucker JA: Predictors of help-seeking and the temporal relationship of help to recovery among treated and untreated recovered problem drinkers. Addiction 90:805-809, 1995
6. Weisner C, Greenfield T, Room R: Trends in the treatment of alcohol problems in the U.S. general population, 1979 through 1990. Am J Public Health 85:55-60, 1995
7. Heath AC, Berg K, Eaves LJ, Solaas MH, Sundet J, Nance WE, Corey LA, Magnus P: No decline in assortative mating for educational level. Behav Genet 15:349-369, 1985
8. Heath AC, Eaves LJ, Nance WE, Corey LA: Social inequity and assortative mating: Cause or consequence? Behav Genet 17:9-17, 1987
9. Eaves LJ, Eysenck HJ, Martin NG: Genes, Culture and Personality: An Empirical Approach. London, Academic Press, 1989
10. Loehlin JC: Genes & Environment in Personality Disorder. Newberry Park, CA, Sage Publications, 1992
11. Eisen S, True W, Goldberg J, Henderson W, Robinette CD: The Vietnam Era Twin (VET) Registry: Method of construction. Acta Genet Med Gemellol 36:61-67, 1987
12. Henderson WG, Eisen S, Goldberg J, True W, Barnes JE, Vitek ME: The Vietnam Era Twin Registry: A resource for medical research. Public Health Rep 105:368-373, 1990
13. Robins L, Helzer J, Cottler L, Goldring E: NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule Version III Revised (DIS-III-R). St. Louis, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, 1988
14. American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, ed 3-rev. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Association, 1987
15. Goldberg J, True W, Eisen S, Henderson W, Robinette CD: The Vietnam Era Twin (VET) Registry: Ascertainment bias. Acta Genet Med Gemellol 36:67-78, 1987
16. Eisen S, Neuman R, Goldberg J, Rice J, True W: Determining zygosity in the Vietnam Era Twin Registry: An approach using questionnaires. Clin Genet 35:423-32, 1989
17. Heath AC, Martin NG: Genetic models for the natural history of smoking: Evidence for a genetic influence on smoking persistence. Addict Behav 18:19-34, 1993
18. Kendler KS: Twin studies of psychiatric illness: Current status and future directions. Arch Gen Psychiatry 50:905-915, 1993
19. Heath AC: Persist or quit? Testing for a genetic contribution to smoking persistence. Acta Genet Med Gemellol 39:447-458, 1990
20. Eaves LJ, Last K, Young PA, Martin NG: Model fitting approaches to the analysis of human behavior. Heredity 41:249-320, 1978
21. Neale MC, Cardon LR: Methodology for Genetic Studies of Twins and Families, NATO ASI Series. Dordrecht, the Netherlands, Kluwer, 1992
22. Holder HD: Alcoholism treatment and potential health care cost saving. Med Care 25:52-71, 1987
23. Holder HD, Blose JO: The reduction of health care costs associated with alcoholism treatment: A 14-year longitudinal study. J Stud Alcohol 53:293-302, 1992
24. Mullahy J, Sindelar JL: Alcoholism and income: The role of indirect effects. Milbank Q 72:359-375, 1994