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First Drinking Experience in Addictive and Nonaddictive Drinkers
John C. Kuehnle, MD;
William H. Anderson, MD;
Emily Chandler, RN
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1974;31(4):521-523.
Abstract
Addictive drinkers show substantially greater ability to report details of their first drinking experience than do matched controls interviewed under blind conditions. The hypothesis is advanced that this difference in recall may be the consequence of a difference in limbic response to challenge with alcohol, and thus provide an anatomic focus for investigation. The difference in recall may also permit the identification of a group at risk to alcoholism.
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Drs. Kuehnle and Anderson); McLean Hospital, Belmont (Dr. Kuehnle); Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Dr. Anderson); and Boston City Hospital (Ms. Chandler).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 26, 1974.
Reprint requests to the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178 (Dr. Kuehnle).
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