Older and younger male alcoholics in outpatient treatment

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 661-672

  Neve, Rudie J M ^a   Lemmens, Paul H ^a   Drop, Maria J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age groups; Outpatient treatment; Problem drinkers; Treatment career

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032868844     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(99)00026-X     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Adams W.L., Garry P.J., Rhyne R., Hunt W.C., Goodwin J.S. Alcohol intake in the healthy elderly. Changes with age in a cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 38:1990;211-216.
2. Becker J.W., Vink R. Secularisatie in Nederland, 1966-1991 [Secularization in the Netherlands, 1966-1991]. 1994;Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau, Rijswijk.
3. Cahalan D. Problem drinkers. A national survey:1970;Jossey Bass, San Francisco.
4. Edwards G. Drinking in longitudinal perspective. Career and natural history British Journal of Addiction. 79:1984;175-183.
5. Glynn R.J., Bouchard G.R., Locastro J.S., Laird N.M. Aging and generational effects on drinking behaviors in men. Results from the normative aging study American Journal of Public Health. 75:1985;1413-1419.
6. Gomberg E.L. The young male alcoholic. A pilot study Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 43:1982;683-701.
7. Gomberg E.L. Gerontology and alcohol studies. Gottheil E., Druley K.A., Skoloda T.E., Waxman H.M. The combined problems of alcoholism, drug addiction and aging. 1985;51-73 Charles C Thomas, Springfield, IL.
8. Gorman D.M. Measuring onset of 'caseness' in studies of stressful life events and alcohol abuse. British Journal of Addiction. 82:1987;1017-1020.
9. Graham K. Identifying and measuring alcohol abuse among the elderly. Serious problems with existing instrumentation Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 47:1986;322-326.
10. Hajema K.J., Knibbe R.A., Drop M.J. Chronische probleemdrinkers in de bevolking en bij het CAD: een vergelijking [Chronic problem drinkers in the general population and in the Consultation Bureau for Alcohol and Drugs: A comparison]. 1994;University of Limburg, Maastricht.
11. Hupkens C.L.H., Knibbe R.A., Drop M.J. Alcohol consumption in the European Community. Uniformity and diversity in drinking patterns Addiction. 88:1993;1391-1404.
12. Jellinek E.M. Phases of alcohol addiction. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 13:1952;673-684.
13. Knibbe R.A., Drop M.J., Muytjens A. Correlates of stages in the progression from everyday drinking to problem drinking. Social Science and Medicine. 24:1987;463-473.
14. Knibbe R.A., Meyers J.M. Comparison of problem drinkers known to agencies with problem drinkers in the general population. Medicine and Law. 7:1988;87-94.
15. Knibbe R.A., Swinkels H. Alcoholgebruik in Nederland. een analyse van gegevens uit de CBS-gezondheidsenquête 1989 [Alcohol use in the Netherlands, an analysis of data of the Central Bureau of Statistics' Health Survey 1989] Tijdschrift voor Alcohol en Drugs. 18:1992;124-138.
16. Maddox G. Aging, drinking and alcohol abuse. Generations. 12:1988;14-16.
17. Maddox G., Robins L., Rosenberg N. Nature and extent of alcohol problems among the elderly. 1985;Springer Publishing Company, New York.
18. Neve R.J.M., Diederiks J.P.M., Knibbe R.A., Drop M.J. Developments of drinking behavior in the Netherlands from 1958 to 1989, a cohort analysis. Addiction. 88:1993;611-621.
19. Neve R.J.M., Lemmens P.H., Drop M.J. Drinking careers of older male alcoholics in treatment as compared to younger alcoholics and older social drinkers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 58:1997;303-311.
20. Popham R.E., Schmidt W. Words and deeds. Validity of self-report data on alcohol consumption Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 42:1981;355-358.
21. Rehm J. Measuring quantity, frequency, and volume of drinking. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 22(Suppl. 2):1998;4-14.
22. Romelsjö A., Leifman H., Nyström S. A comparative study of two methods for the measurement of alcohol consumption in the general population. International Journal of Epidemiology. 24:1995;929-936.
23. Rudy D.R. Becoming alcoholic. 1986;Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale and Edwardsville.
24. Schuckit M.A., Pastor P.A. The elderly as a unique population. Alcoholism Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 2:1978;31-38.
25. Skog O.J., Duckert F. The development of alcoholics and heavy drinkers' consumption. A longitudinal study Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 54:1993;178-188.
26. Smart R., Liban C. Predictors of problem drinking among elderly, middle-aged and youthful drinkers. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 13:1981;43-53.
27. Speer D.C., Bates K. Comorbid mental and substance use disorders among older psychiatric patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 40:1992;886-890.
28. Takeuchi D.T., Leaf P.J., Kuo H.S. Ethnic differences in the perception of barriers to help-seeking. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 23:1988;273-280.
29. Vaillant G.E. The natural history of alcoholism. 1983;Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
30. Van Gelooven, R. M. W. (1990). Drinksituaties en drinkgedrag, alcoholgebruik in het dagelijks leven [Drinking situations and drinking behavior, alcohol use in daily life]. Doctoral dissertation, University of Limburg, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
31. World Health Organization Nomenclature and classification of drug- and alcohol-related problems. A shortened version of a WHO memorandum British Journal of Addiction. 77:1982;3-20.
32. Yeung P.P., Greenwald S. Jewish Americans and mental health. Results of the NIMH Epidemiological Catchment Area Study Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 27:1992;292-297.