[Initial manifestations of alcoholism in adolescents (social-psychological and clinical aspects)].
The authors studied the traits of initial symptoms of early alcoholism in 100 boys-pupils of a special boarding-school. It was established that in the appearance of early alcoholism a certain role is being played by unhappy families. A significant importance in the formation of an inclination for alcohol is the character of the first pharmacological influence: euphoric reaction of the first intoxication increases the risk of becoming an alcoholic. The most expressed initial signs are the following: a stable pathological craving for alcohol, use of substitutes, transformation of intoxication.
D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D012847:Single Person
Osobennosti nachal'nykh proiavleniĭ alkogolizma u podrostkov (sotsial'no-psikhologicheskiĭ i klinicheskiĭ aspekty).