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| Patterns of lifetime alcohol use in a clinical sample of older male veterans | | Author(s) | Michele J Karel, Brendan Lynch, Jennifer Moye |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 22, no 1, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 55-72 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Alcoholism ; Older men ; Statutes ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In their clinical work with veterans enrolled in psychogeriatric clinical study, the authors became intrigued by the range of alcohol histories and undertook a study to understand more about veterans' lifetime experiences with alcohol. The questionnaire in the study included: "the CAGE" (four questions about cutting down drinking, feelings of annoyance by criticism of drinking, guilty feelings about drinking, and early morning drinking); a lifetime drinking graph; and questions about how and why veterans quit drinking. Although most participants were currently abstinent and had quit drinking without participation in a treatment programme, they described a range of drinking histories. The article presents five case studies to illustrate these lifetime patterns, and outlines the clinical challenges for working with older veterans with drinking problems. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010314205 A |
| Classmark | ETA: BC: 6P: 7T |
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