Article
Combined role of childhood maltreatment, family history, and gender in the risk for alcohol dependence.
Psychological medicine - 1 May 2013
Fenton M C, Geier T, Keyes K, Skodol A E, Grant B F, Hasin D S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Studies of the relationship between childhood maltreatment and alcohol dependence have not controlled comprehensively for potential confounding by co-occurring maltreatments and other childhood trauma, or determined whether parental history of alcohol disorders operates synergistically with gender and maltreatment to produce alcohol dependence. We addressed these issues using national data. Method...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alcoholism
- Child
- Child Abuse
- Child of Impaired Parents
- Data Collection
- Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans