RT Journal
A1 Linnoila M, De Jong J, Virkkunen M
T1 FAmily history of alcoholism in violent offenders and impulsive fire setters
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 1989
FD July 1
VO 46
IS 7
SP 613
OP 616
DO 10.1001/archpsyc.1989.01810070039006
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1989.01810070039006
AB • Fifty-six of 58 violent offenders and impulsive fire setters fulfilled the DSM-III criteria for alcohol abuse. Information necessary for evaluation of family history of alcoholism was obtained on 54 subjects. Forty-four of the 54 subjects had first- or second-degree blood relatives with alcoholism. Thirty-five had alcoholic fathers. Subjects with alcoholic fathers had a lower mean cerebrospinal fluid 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid concentration and were more often impulsive than subjects without alcoholic fathers.