title: [Epidemiology of alcoholism in Voralberg. Comparison of administrative incidence 1967, 1977 and 1987 in a regional psychiatric hospital].
abstract: We report on the administrative incidence of alcoholism as registered by admissions for treatment in the regional psychiatric hospital, in Vorarlberg, caring for approximately 330,000 inhabitants. 1967, 1977 and 1987 were chosen as years of observation, thus describing the regional development of alcoholism in the last 20 years. Selected epidemiological data are compared to those of local population. Over the years a vast increase in admissions and treatments was registered--a result of changes in information on the addiction itself and improvement in facilities, staff and medical care in general. Whereas female involvement has sharply risen as compared to earlier decades, it now appears to have studied at a rate of 3:1 (m:f). In 1987 juvenile alcoholism as rated by hospital-admissions had comparatively declined. A greater number of married alcoholics in more qualified positions decided on treatment. Concordant somatic and psychiatric diseases are discussed. The results stress the importance of different approaches to motivation and treatment in this complex phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Landes-Nervenkrankenhaus Valduna, Rankweil.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: König
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Spitaler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waanders
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Zur Epidemiologie des Alkoholismus in Vorarlberg. Vergleiche administrativer Inzidenzen 1967, 1977 und 1987 am regionalen psychischen Krankenhaus.