TY - JOUR
T1 - The consumption of cigarettes, coffee and sweets in detoxified alcoholics and its association with relapse and a family history of alcoholism
AU - Junghanns, Klaus
AU - Backhaus, Jutta
AU - Tietz, Ulrike
AU - Lange, Wolfgang
AU - Rink, Lothar
AU - Wetterling, Tilman
AU - Driessen, Martin
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from the University of Luebeck.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - Thirty male alcohol dependent inpatients without concurrent depressive disorder, 13 of them with a positive family history of alcohol dependence in a first degree relative (PFH), were questioned about their desire and consumption habits with respect to cigarettes, coffee, and sweets while on a three-week inpatient treatment after detoxification from alcohol. Six weeks after discharge from hospital, the patients were reassessed for relapse. Eleven patients (36.6%) had relapsed at follow-up. Relapsers were younger than abstainers. The days until relapse correlated negatively with intensity of desire to drink alcohol, desire to smoke cigarettes, and with a higher consumption of cigarettes. PFH patients did not relapse earlier but they had a stronger desire to drink coffee and eat sweets and had a higher coffee consumption.
AB - Thirty male alcohol dependent inpatients without concurrent depressive disorder, 13 of them with a positive family history of alcohol dependence in a first degree relative (PFH), were questioned about their desire and consumption habits with respect to cigarettes, coffee, and sweets while on a three-week inpatient treatment after detoxification from alcohol. Six weeks after discharge from hospital, the patients were reassessed for relapse. Eleven patients (36.6%) had relapsed at follow-up. Relapsers were younger than abstainers. The days until relapse correlated negatively with intensity of desire to drink alcohol, desire to smoke cigarettes, and with a higher consumption of cigarettes. PFH patients did not relapse earlier but they had a stronger desire to drink coffee and eat sweets and had a higher coffee consumption.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.09.011
DO - 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.09.011
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 16171658
AN - SCOPUS:24944519982
SN - 0924-9338
VL - 20
SP - 451
EP - 455
JO - European Psychiatry
JF - European Psychiatry
IS - 5-6
ER -
