@article{ref1,
title="Lifetime alcohol abuse in institutionalized World War II Veterans",
journal="American journal of geriatric psychiatry",
year="1996",
author="Herrmann, Nathan and Eryavec, Goran",
volume="4",
number="1",
pages="39-45",
abstract="The authors document the lifetime prevalence and etiological correlates of alcohol abuse in a sample of elderly World War II veterans. Subjects (mean age 74.2 years), residing in a veterans' long-term care facility were given the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R. A second investigator gave the Modified Combat Exposure Scale and administered a checklist of pre-war and wartime variables. The lifetime prevalence of alcohol abuse was 53%. There was no correlation between alcohol abuse and any other psychiatric diagnosis. There was a significant correlation between the severity of combat stress and subsequent alcohol abuse. Veterans with alcohol abuse also had significantly more wartime head injuries. There was also a trend for the alcoholic group to have experienced more pre-war stressors. Examination of pre-war variables and the severity of the combat stress might help to identify veterans at risk for development of alcohol abuse.<br><br>Copyright © 1996 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1064-7481",
doi="10.1097/00019442-199624410-00005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00019442-199624410-00005"
}