THE IMPLICATIONS OF AGE-OF-ONSET OF ALCOH OLISM - A REVIEW

This paper gives a short review about the available literature: concer ning the impacts of age of alcoholism onset. Empirical studies of the last twenty years have mainly tried to find differences between onset during youth and the middle age. There are only few reports about spec ific characteristics of patients, who have developed alcoholism in the ir older age. Biological and psychosocial findings and therapeutic con siderations are described. Their account on further research and pract ical care are discussed.