The Relationship Between Child and Adult Psychopathology in Children of Alcoholics

Giglio, Julie J.; Kaufman, Edward

doi:10.3109/10826089009056211

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“…[4] Among alcohol dependent population use of tobacco was estimated to be more than 80%[56] and it is estimated that smokers have a significantly increased risk for developing alcohol related disorders. [7] Studies have shown that 80% of alcoholics smoke regularly and that a majority of them will die of smoking related disorder rather than alcohol related disease.…”

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Profile of Nicotine Use Among Alcohol Dependent Patients Visiting a Tertiary Care Center in North India

Quraishi

Jain

Balhara

2014

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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Background:Use of tobacco among alcohol dependent population is quite frequent. This co-morbidity increases the risk for various diseases. Understanding the pattern of tobacco use with co-morbid alcohol use may help in planning appropriate prevention/treatment strategies. The study aimed at examining the profile and pattern of nicotine use among alcohol dependent patients visiting a tertiary care treatment center in North India.Materials and Methods:Male patients fulfilling diagnostics and statistical manual of mental disorder fourth edition, criteria for nicotine and alcohol diagnostics and statistical dependence, attending the out-patient department of the tertiary care treatment center were recruited after obtaining informed consent. The socio-demographic profile, drug use history, nicotine associated health problems and general health problem were recorded. Motivation to stop tobacco use was assessed qualitatively using the direct questions about their interest and intentions to quit.Results:A total of 150 subjects were included in the study. The mean age of the study sample was 37.6 ± 10.44 years. Tobacco was reported as the gateway drug in 90% of the cases. Exclusive bidi use reported in 42% of the subjects. Mean duration of bidi and co-morbid alcohol use was higher than cigarette or smokeless tobacco use. Self-reported health problems associated with nicotine use and general health was reported by 41% and 39% of the subjects. Unsuccessful past quit attempts was present in 85% cases. More than 90% of subjects remained interested in quitting the tobacco use. An increased liver enzyme (aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase and gamma-glutamyl transferase) were observed in 43, 32 and 47% of the cases.Conclusion:The results suggest the nicotine and alcohol dependent patients represent a separate population requiring higher attention from the treating physician.

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Profile of Nicotine Use Among Alcohol Dependent Patients Visiting a Tertiary Care Center in North India

Quraishi

Jain

Balhara

2014

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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“…In Denmark, which provides the context of the present study, the proportion of children growing up in families with alcohol problems has been assessed as 11% to 12% (Kristiansen, Ekholm, Grønbaek, & Tolstrup, 2008). There is an extensive body of research analyzing the negative consequences of living with an alcoholic parent; for reviews of this literature, see Giglio and Kaufman (1990), Windle and Searles (1990), Sher (1992), Velleman and Orford (1999), and Harter (2000). Compared with the myriad of quantitative studies on children of alcoholics the paucity of qualitative research is striking.…”

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Understanding Addiction

Järvinen

2013

Journal of Family Issues

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Based on qualitative interviews with adult children of alcoholics, this article analyzes three different ways of conceptualizing drinking problems: alcoholism as disease, alcoholism as volitional behavior, and alcoholism as a socially conditioned phenomenon. The interviewees (13 women, 12 men, average age 39 years) were recruited among employees at a large workplace who in a preceding survey had classified their parents as having "alcohol problems." The analysis reveals a pattern in which adult children's understandings of their parents' drinking problems, in essence the ways they think alcoholism should be explained, are associated with the ways they describe their relationship to their parents and the hardships of their childhood. The article suggests that differences in childhood experiences may lead to different ways of understanding the phenomenon of alcoholism, just like differences in understandings of alcoholism may affect recollections of childhood experiences.

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“…The relationships were characterized by less communication and sharing of thoughts and feelings, greater tension in the dyad, and more corporal punishment and antagonism. Furthermore, increased emotional disorders have been reported in children of alcoholic women and the relationships between mothers and children have been characterized as unresponsive and uncaring (Giglio et al, 1990;Steinhausen et al, 1984). Finally, studies that examined the children of mothers who drank during pregnancy reveal that the mother-child relationship is disturbed and characterized by less responsive and stimulating parenting.…”

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