title: Prediction of cerebral dysfunction in alcoholics; a study of health insurance records.
abstract: During a 5-year period, alcoholics having few periods of mental illness interfering with their capacity to work were socially more stable but had more signs of cerebral dysfunction than did alcoholics having more periods of such illness.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000425:Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / Q000209:etiology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011996:Records