Features of Female Alcoholism

Kirzhanova V. V.
Doctor of Medicine, Head, Department of Epidemiology¹

Babushkina E. I.
MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chair for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Narcology²

1 - Research Institute of Narcology – Branch of the V.P. Serbsky National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Narcology of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation
2 - Ural State Medical University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation

Babushkina Ekaterina Ivanovna; e-mail: ei_babysh@mail.ru

None declared.

The study had no sponsorship.

Introduction section shows the relevance of the problem of female alcoholism. An overview of the main causes of alcohol dependence in women is given. Among the main factors of female alcoholism, researchers distinguish heredity, biological and psychogenic-stress factors, the peculiarities of the metabolism of the female body, as well as the degree of socialization of women in society. The purpose of the study is to investigate the clinical manifestations and reasons of alcohol dependence in women and their impact on socio-demographic indicators. In the Methods section the use of statistical and analytical methods in the study is described. Results present the characteristics of socio-demographic indicators characterizing the alcohol situation in the region and the state of the narcological service: the level of general incidence of alcoholism and alcoholic psychosis, the level of alcohol consumption, the share of women among all patients who turn to psychiatrists-narcologists. The Findings present the analysis of the alcohol situation in the Sverdlovsk region, considering positive and negative factors, characterizing the activities of the regional narcological service.

alcoholism, women, features, factors

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