Gender-Related Influences of Parental Alcoholism on the Prevalence of Psychiatric Illnesses: Anlysis of the National Epidemiolgic Survey on Alcohol and Related Issues
Abstract:
Background: Offspring of individuals with alcoholism are at increased risk for psychiatric illness, but the effects of gender on this risk are not well known. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the gender of the parent with alcoholism and the gender of offspring affect the association between parental alcoholism and offspring psychiatric illness.
Method: We analyzed the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) data to examine the gender-specific prevalence of axis I and axis II disorders in 23,006 male and 17,368 female respondents with and without a history of paternal or maternal alcoholism. Adjusted odds ratios were calculated for the disorders based on gender and presence of maternal or paternal alcoholism.
Results: Maternal or paternal alcoholism was associated with a higher prevalence of...
…for the rest of this abstract of the study conducted by Peter T. Morgan, Rani A. Desai, and Marc N. Potenza from the Departments of Psychiatry (PTM, RAD, MNP) and Child Study Center (MNP), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, as well as the link to request a reprint, click here.
NPR: Talk of the Nation, “Alcoholics Anonymous: 75 Years of 12 Steps”
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Giving Kids Booze, Medicines Can Be Child Abuse
The malicious use of alcohol and medicines is an under-recognized form of child abuse, according to a new report.
The U.S. study reviewed cases of pharmaceutical-related child abuse reported to the National Poison Data System between 2000 and 2008. The cases included the use of alcohol, painkillers, cough and cold medicines, sedatives, sleeping pills and antipsychotic medicines.
The findings are scheduled to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Pediatrics. To read the remainder of this July 22 post appearing on healthfinder.gov, click here
