Of 25 husbands of women alcoholics, 17 were diagnosed as having a psychiatric illness or were alcoholics or excessive drinkers.
Plasma triglyceride levels were elevated in 34 of 69 intoxicated alcoholics, but only in 4 of 26 nonintoxicated alcoholics. High plasma alcohol concentrations were associated with high plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
An examination of the demographic characteristics of and postmortem findings in 1000 decedents in New York City indicated an association between alcoholism or alcohol ingestion just prior to death and sudden or violent death.
Rats given alcohol after training in a Y-maze showed impaired memory retention at longer delay intervals between training and testing, suggesting that alcohol affects memory storage rather than registration and retrieval.
"Reviews of Books and Other Documents - Children and alcohol; a developmental study in Glasgow. Vol. I: An enquiry carried out on behalf of the Health Education Unit of the Scottish Home and Health Department" Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 35(2), pp. 785–786
Acetaldehyde at physiologically incompatible concentrations had a marked effect and ethanol an insignificant effect on monoamine oxidase activity. Neither inhibited the activity of catechol-O-methyl tansferase or the uptake of norepinephrine by synaptic vesicles; they also had little effect on 5-hydroxytryptophol synthesis in the brain.
In a comparison of self-rating and quantity-frequency measures of drinking, men tended to report themselves as lighter drinkers while women were more likely to classify their drinking patterns correctly. The differences between the two methods may reflect differences in self-perceived norms of alcohol consumption that are sex-linked and also related to the drinking milieu.
Higher blood alcohol concentrations were found in drivers killed in one-car than in two-car accidents, in nighttime than daytime accidents and, among drivers under age 30, in weekend than weekday accidents. The peak occurrence of single-car crashes was found at a younger age than the peak blood alcohol concentration, suggesting that some age-related factor in addition to drinking is involved.
"Briefly Noted - Alcoholism; a handbook" Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 35(4), pp. 1511–1512
Among socially and economically deprived alcoholics, abstinence was not associated with treatment method, but was significantly related to indices of social stability. It is suggested that such alcoholics need socioeconomic incentives to become abstinent.
The addition of implosive therapy or brief individual psychotherapy to a general milieu treatment program for alcoholics was not more effective than the milieu program alone.
Changes in threshold for CNS response were compared after five doses of intravenous ethanol in cats. The responses suggested a biphasic action which may partly depend on low-dose depression of central inhibition.
The causes of death of alcoholics in England followed up for 10 to 15 years after admission to four hospitals are analyzed. The actual deaths among men were more than twice the expected rate, and among women, more than three times, with accidents, poisoning, violence and suicide far in the lead as causes.
Attendance at a workshop for secretaries in alcoholism agencies improved the participants' iob satisfaction, job performance, and attitudes toward clients.
Of 179 men alcoholics at a V.A. hospital, 86 were “binge” drinkers, 93 “continuous” drinkers. Some health and social characteristics distinguished the two groups, but over half of each group showed...
