Incidence and several features of chronic alcoholic patient detection
Beznosiuk, E.V.; Evstigneev, A.I.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 78(9): 1369-1374
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 706914 Document Number: 131599
The paper deals with epidemiological data, concerning the indices and dynamics in the prevalence and incidence of chronic alcoholism and alcoholic psychoses in different contingents of an urban population. The population amounted to approximately 500 000 and was studied during a period of 5 years. The authors note a positive influence of legislative measures, directed against alcoholism and the influence of some social factors (the existence of a family, profession, etc.), on the fullness of the patients detection out of the population. The report contains data on the effectiveness of various approaches in screening patients from different population contingents.