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The relationship between different evaluations of drinking behaviour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Paul Bowden
Paul Bowden*
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London
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1Address for correspondence: Dr Paul Dowden, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

Prisoners' attitudes to their drinking behaviour, although largely accurate, minimize problems in terms of other assessments made at interview. Semantic differences are apparent in the use of the terms ‘heavy’ and ‘problem’ as descriptions of drinking behaviour; thus men who admit heavy but deny problem drinking are often reported to be problem drinkers by their family and myself. There is close agreement between the family's reported attitude to a man's drinking and the assessment made in a structured psychiatric interview.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1976, pp. 139 - 142
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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