Men and alcohol

High risk behaviours following alcohol use in alcohol dependent men.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Heavy alcohol drinking and propensity to risk taking behaviour may both be associated with the occurrence of high risk behaviour. The present study was carried out to examine the association between high risk behaviours and alcohol abuse among patients admitted to an inpatient facility for treatment of alcohol dependence syndrome. METHODS Using event analysis technique,...

Development of alcohol addiction in young men.

Several studies have described the typical stags in the development of alcohol addiction, but these have always been concened with populations of predominantly middle-aged alcoholics. The aim of this report is to describe the drinking history of a group of young alcoholics aged 30 years and under. A series of forty young male alcoholics were studied in relation to their dfinking history. This w...

Alcohol sensitivity and smoking history in men and women.

Many studies have found genetic effects to contribute to alcoholism risk in both men and women. Based on preliminary evidence for shared genetic risk between smoking and drinking problems, a reanalysis of alcohol challenge data on 412 Australian twins was performed to explore the possibility that smoking may diminish or moderate the intoxicating effects of alcohol. We found history of smoking t...

Alcohol consumption and myocardial remodeling in elderly women and men.

Alcohol consumption and masculine identity among young men running title: masculinity and alcohol

Acknowledgments This study was funded by a Sidney Sax Public Health Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (Grant 187027) to Richard de Visser. Funding for research costs in London was provided by the United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council (Grant RES-000-22-0406). We are grateful to Professor Jim Orford for his comments on...