title: Pattern of alcoholism in the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur.
abstract: This study establishes the prevalence rate for alcoholism among the inpatients of the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, as 11%, but as 25% among the drinking population. It also describes the demographic profile of the alcoholic as compared to the non-alcoholic drinker and the non-drinker and suggests that certain vulnerability factors could contribute to the development of alcoholism. A trend noted is also the changing racial trends in the use of alcohol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Saroja
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kyaw
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008019:Life Style; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires