Sex and gender-related differences in alcohol use and its consequences: Contemporary knowledge and future research considerations

Sex and gender-related differences in alcohol use and its consequences: Contemporary knowledge and future research considerations

Highlights • Compared to men, more women are lifetime abstainers, and drink less. • Women are less likely to develop alcohol-related disorders. • Women who drink excessively develop more medical problems. • Both sex and gender-related factors are interacting with alcohol use. • The gender-related di...

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Veröffentlicht in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2015-11, Vol.156, p.1-13
Hauptverfasser: Erol, Almila, Karpyak, Victor M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Alcohol drinking
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Alcoholism - psychology
Central Nervous System Depressants - pharmacokinetics
Ethanol - pharmacokinetics
Female
Humans
Male
Men
Prevalence
Psychiatry
Sex Characteristics
Sex Factors
Women
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Compared to men, more women are lifetime abstainers, and drink less. • Women are less likely to develop alcohol-related disorders. • Women who drink excessively develop more medical problems. • Both sex and gender-related factors are interacting with alcohol use. • The gender-related difference in alcohol use has decreased in recent decades.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.08.023