title: [Method of early detection of adolescents and young adults at high risk for alcoholism for the purpose of primary prevention of alcoholism].
abstract: Using the Pathocharacterological Diagnostic Inventory (PDI) a total of 264 teenagers were examined to identify among 15-17-year-olds a group at a high risk of beginning to drink alcohol beverages before coming of age. A follow-up study in two years revealed that 16% of them became alcohol abusers. Comparison of the results obtained with the help of the PDI in abstainers versus alcohol abusers has demonstrated that a high risk group is readily identified using a special scale of psychological liability to alcoholization.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011322:Primary Prevention; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012306:Risk
vernacular_title: Metod rannego vyiavleniia podrostkov i iunosheĭ s vysokim riskom alkogolizatsii v tseliakh pervichnoĭ profilaktiki alkogolizma.