title: A typology of alcoholism in Taiwan aborigines: a study on evolving process of community cases.
abstract: Thirty-one habitual drinkers with a personal, familial, social complication were screened from a Taiwan aborigine community. Each was given an in-depth descriptive semistructured interview. The interview, recorded with audiotape, contained 4 aspects: (1) personal developmental history; (2) family structure and interaction; (3) developmental process and current state of drinking behavior, and (4) attitude toward drinking behavior. Based on the evolving process and current state of drinking behavior, three process patterns of alcoholism were defined: (1) social developmental type (67.7%); (2) deviant behavioral type (9.7%), and (3) special constitutional type (22.6%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, ROC.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Hwu
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D044469:Racial Groups; D013624:Taiwan