Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence, physician recognition, and
treatment of alcohol abuse among patients of 19 senior medical residents practicing in a …

Historically, little clinical or research interest has been directed at substance use disorders
among older adults. The lack of interest may be explained in part by age-related biases (eg …

Existing instruments for identifying and measuring alcohol abuse are inappropriate for use
with elderly populations because of differences between the younger populations on which …

OBJECTIVES: To describe alcohol use and its sociodemographic correlates among persons
aged 65 years and older in a US probability sample. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional analysis of a …

Alcohol Excess in the Elderly Page 1 Quart. J. Stud. Ale. 32: 53-59, 1971. The informative
abstract of this article is in Part B, p. 257 [B-63]. Alcohol Excess in the Elderly1 Arnold J. Rosin …

Several cross‐sectional studies have shown a decline in alcohol intake with increasing age.
Longitudinal studies have failed to confirm this trend, which suggests that cohort effects may …

Although elderly people are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of alcohol, alcohol
use disorders in late life have received relatively little attention in the literature. Our …

Alcohol use problems among older adults have been called the" invisible epidemic." As the
population of older adults continues to grow, there is an increased need to reexamine …

This report on the drinking patterns of older persons is based upon a cross‐sectional
probability sample of 1,041 adults aged 18 years or older living in Erie and Niagara …

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of alcohol abuse, the association of alcohol
abuse with cognitive impairment, and the contribution of alcohol abuse to short‐term …