Among 8735 autopsies performed during a 5-year period at Ullevål Hospital in Oslo there
were 70 cases of Wernicke's encephalopathy (0.8%) and 152 cases of alcoholic cerebellar …

Describes a 1-yr follow-up of 178 hospitalized and treated veterans with histories of alcohol
problems. Information obtained by mail concerned drinking patterns, work habits …

The authors evaluated the usefulness of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test in
detecting alcoholism (as defined by the Research Diagnostic Criteria) in opiate addicts. The …

The claim that alcohol causes somatic and mental abnormalities which often can be termed
sicknesses is indisputable; that so many persons are involved that alcoholism is a mass …

Discusses the importance of alcohol and other substance abuse in the elderly. The elderly
are vulnerable to alcohol and drugs, medical illness, physical disability, cognitive …

• The prevalence, course, and severity of alcoholism were examined in a probability sample
of homeless adults in Los Angeles' inner city and in a household sample (drawn from two …

Examination of the autopsy material from a city hospital in Oslo gave the following results: 1
The brain weight of male alcoholics was significantly lower than that of age‐matched …

The first group was taken from. a series of homeless men admitted to an Observation Ward
in South London because of mental disturbances, and normally Irving in Reception Centres …

The authors studied the use of alcohol by a sample of narcotics addicts (N= 140) and by a
sample of nonaddict nonalcoholics (N= 100). They found that the addicts' use of alcohol …