ScienceDaily. (. May. 8, 2011). - Scientists believe that there is a close link between. alcoholism. parents and the risk of his own children. This study analyzed the risks of. alcoholism. children in the Danish families. The results confirmed that the parent. alcoholism. is associated with increased risk of developing. alcoholism. in children.
' Several studies have used a wide population-based approach to examine the relationship between. alcoholism. parents and at risk for their descendants, ' said. Erik. Lykke. Mortensen. , Assistant professor of medical psychology at the University of Copenhagen and the author of the study. ' Long-term population studies - are expensive and take up a lot of time. And in some countries is sufficient to trace the problem by several generations of. But in Denmark there are personal identification numbers and national medical registers. '.
Mortensen. and his colleagues collected data on 7177 people ( of which 3. 627 men and 3. 550 women ) who were born in Copenhagen between October 1959 and December 1961: information about problems with alcohol were collected from three Danish health registers, and information about other mental health problems - from the Central Psychiatric Register of Denmark. List of children with possible problems with alcohol was analyzed together with a list of parents who have identified problems with alcohol or other mental disorders. Gender of parents and children also indicated.
The results showed that. alcoholism. parents is associated with increased risk of developing. alcoholism. children, regardless of other important factors such as gender, social status of parents, and hospitalization of parents in relation to other mental disorders.
' Moreover, this relationship is stronger among girls was traced than boys, which can be explained by the fact that inherited predisposition to. alcoholism. at least as significant for daughters as for sons, ' said. Mortensen. ' This finding is important because early studies suggested that genetic load is more important in males than in females. '.
Mortensen. added that one of the main features of this study is that, unlike previous studies of twins and adopted children - are based on quite small groups - these are the results of the risk, estimated at a population level.
' The main value of this research is that people understand the increasing risk of alcohol problems among children whose parents suffer from. alcoholism. , ' Said. Mortensen. , ' But, of course, there are many other factors that may contribute to the development. alcoholism. from individual. '.
Source:. ScienceDaily. com.
Translation and adaptation:. Julia Yaroshenko. specifically for. Everything about the man.
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