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Prevalence and psychiatric heterogeneity of alcoholism in a United States urban community.
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Lifetime Prevalence RatesSubstance UseCurrent PointPsychiatric HeterogeneityMental HealthPsychologyAlcohol MisusePublic HealthHealth SciencesNew HavenPsychiatryAlcohol AbuseAlcohol DependenceSubstance AbuseAlcohol StudiesAddictionSubstance AddictionMedicinePsychopathology
Current point and lifetime prevalence rates of alcoholism in a sample of New Haven, Connecticut, residents were 2.6 and 6.7 per 100, respectively. Alcoholism was more prevalent in men, Nonwhites, Protestants, lower social classes and the unmarried. Two-thirds of the alcoholics had at least one psychiatric disorder than alcoholism.