Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol · 1973 · 169 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesPsychiatryPsychologyAbnormal PsychologyAddiction PsychiatrySubstance Use DisordersAlcohol DependenceAlcohol Use DisorderClinical Manifestations Of IntoxicationPsychopathology AssessmentSubstance UseSubstance-related DisordersAlcohol-related MorbidityAntisocial Behavior DevelopmentAntisocial Behavior TrajectoriesEtiology Of Psychopathology
Alcohol abuse may become a primary illness, alcoholism, or a complication of other psychiatric processes, such as sociopathy. It is necessary to distinguish between the alcoholic who engages in a limited sphere of antisocial acts and the sociopath who abuses alcohol as part of his antisocial behavior, because the process and prognosis of these different varieties of alcoholism may be distinct.