Type 1 and type 2 alcoholics (Cloninger & Bohman) have different patterns of successful long-term adjustment
Nordström, G.; Berglund, M.
British Journal of Addiction 82(7): 761-769
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0952-0481 PMID: 3478066 Document Number: 297411
Fifty-five socially well adjusted male alcoholics and 29 male alcoholics with a disability pension, all having a life-time diagnosis of alcohol dependence (DSM-III), were personally followed up 2 decades after their first admission to hospital. Among the socially well adjusted subjects, type 1 and type 2 alcoholics, as defined by Cloninger et al., 13 differed significantly concerning drinking patters at the follow-up with a higher frequency of stable sporadic abuse ('atypical abuse') and a lower frequency of abstinence and social drinking in the type 2 alcoholics (p < .01). The stability of improvement and the psycho-social functioning at the follow-up did not differ between atypical abusers, social drinkers and abstainers.