The under-reporting of alcohol use: the role of organic mental syndromes.
The under-reporting of alcohol use has been viewed as the consequence of alcoholic denial. Alcoholic denial has been conceptualized as an unconscious ego defense. In this paper the authors present data suggesting that the under-reporting of alcohol use may be, in certain cases, the result of the influence of the organic mental syndromes commonly associated with alcoholism.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*