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Application to the alcohol dependence syndrome of a method of determining the sequential development of symptoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Jonathan Chick  and
John C. Duffy
Jonathan Chick*
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, Edinburgh, and the Department of Statistics, University of Edinburgh
John C. Duffy
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, Edinburgh, and the Department of Statistics, University of Edinburgh
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr J. Chick, MRC Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh EHIO SHF.
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Synopsis

Temporal ordering of core items in the alcohol dependence syndrome was investigated in 38 men admitted to an alcoholism treatment unit. An analysis of rank sums yielded a modal sequence which resembled classical descriptions of alcoholism, though ‘loss of control’ appeared very early.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , May 1979 , pp. 313 - 319
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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