TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - The course of alcoholism among men in the Lundby Longitudinal Study, Sweden
JO  - Journal of studies on alcohol
A1  - Ojesjö, L.
A1  - Hagnell, O.
A1  - Otterbeck, L.
SP  - 320
EP  - 322
VL  - 61
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to describe the course of alcoholism among men in the Lundby community cohort. METHOD: A subset (N = 41) of initially nonalcoholic male subjects were diagnosed by a psychiatrist as first incidence alcoholics (alcohol abuse and/or dependence) during the period 1957-72, all of whom have been followed through four waves of investigation between 1947 and 1993. RESULTS: The proportion of remission of the entire 41 former alcoholic subjects was 39%. Of the 23 survivors, 52% were remitted. The recovery started at age 30-39 and culminated at age 40-49. CONCLUSIONS: In this 40-year follow-up of former alcoholics, stable remissions were shown to occur at a rate of approximately 40% (50% in survivors). Critical variables were severity and the subjects' age at the time of recovery. The results are tentative because of the small number of individuals.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-882X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -