title: [Mental disorders in the offspring of alcoholic fathers (children from an early age to 28)].
abstract: The examined groups included 175 children whose fathers were alcoholics and 73 individuals from nonalcoholic parents. The study group was divided by age into children from infantile age to 15 years and 16-28-year-olds. The wide range of psychopathologic disorders were revealed in children up to 15 years of age: syndrome of hyperactivity, neurotic disturbances, mental retardation, epileptic-like syndrome. Alcoholism was found in sons only (3.77%). Mental disorders were revealed significantly more frequently in sons of alcoholic fathers than in their daughters. Their incidence increased with the age of the sons. The disturbances occurred significantly more frequently in the test group as compared with the control one (19 and 6.38%, respective by). In the older group (16-28-year-olds) the spectrum of mental disorders consisted of alcoholism, mental retardation, psychopathic-like and neurotic disorders. Alcoholism occurred most frequent and its rate depended on the age and sex. Frequency of alcoholism was 66.7% in sons aged 21-28 years and 15.38% in daughters of the same age. The conclusion was made about multiple risk for children of alcoholic fathers. More vulnerable contingent was the sons for which the risk of alcoholism was very high.
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Moskalenko
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Rozhnova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution