title: [Women and alcoholism].
abstract: As confirmed by many epidemiological studies, alcoholism remains predominant in men. However, female alcoholism has seemed to increase over the last decades, as woman social status as well as cultural stereotypes about women were being modified. Often associated with psychiatric disorders, alcoholism in women has a specific clinical, psychological and social profile. Biological specificities are also of high importance when differentiating female from male alcoholism.
authors.affiliation: Service de Psychiatrie et de Psychologie médicale, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ansseau
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012924:Social Conditions; D016387:Women's Health
vernacular_title: La femme et l'alcool.