TIP 26: Substance Abuse Among Older Adults

Thus, “the prevalence of alcohol problems in old age may increase, especially among women, for birth cohorts entering their 60s in the 1990s and beyond”(Atkinson and Ganzini, 1994, p. 302). A recent study in Sweden found that the male-to- female ratio among older alcohol abusers admitted for addiction treatment decreased from 7.8:1 to 3.4:1 ... ................
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