Social fears may raise alcoholism risk
Children from families with widespread alcoholism often display severe inhibition in social situations, which may make them more likely to abuse alcohol later in life.
References:
Hill, S.Y., et al. 1999. Behavioral inhibition in children from families at high risk for developing alcoholism. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 38((April):410.
Weinberg, N.Z. 1999. Behavioral inhibition and developmental risk. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 38((April):417.
Sources:
Shirley Y. Hill
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
3811 O'Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Naimah Z. Weinberg
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5N-5160
Mailstop Code 9589
Bethesda, MD 20892-9589
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 15, April 10, 1999, p. 230. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
