Alcoholism
Volume 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 59-65

Social Hazard among the Two Groups: Alcohol-Intoxicated Homeless and Refugees (Article)

Potkonjak J.* , Thaller V. , Karlović D. , Vidrih B. , Marušić S. , Golik-Gruber V. , Solter V.
  • a University Department of Psychiatry, Sestre Milosrdnice Univ. Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia, Department of Psychiatry, Sestre Milosrdnice Univ. Hospital, Vinogradska c. 29, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
  • b University Department of Psychiatry, Sestre Milosrdnice Univ. Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
  • c University Department of Psychiatry, Sestre Milosrdnice Univ. Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
  • d University Department of Psychiatry, Sestre Milosrdnice Univ. Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
  • e University Department of Psychiatry, Sestre Milosrdnice Univ. Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
  • f University Department of Psychiatry, Sestre Milosrdnice Univ. Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
  • g University Department of Psychiatry, Sestre Milosrdnice Univ. Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of alcoholics from the marginal group of homeless in the after-war period and compare it to their prevalence twenty years before, and the other aim was to compare the group of homeless alcoholics and the group of war-victims, refugees, considering the social hazard that they face. Applying the principle of cross-sectional retrospective study, we have examined the prevalence of homeless and refugees among the intoxicated alcoholics treated in the Intensive care unit for patients acutely intoxicated with alcohol at the University Depasrtment of Psychiatry, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital, Zagreb, in the period between the years 1998-2000. The number of homeless alcoholics shows the constant trend of decrease, so the social hazard is in a positive correlation with this category of patients treated in the Intensive care unit for patients acutely intoxicated with alcohol compared to the other groups. The social risk is still the highest in the group of homeless, despite the occurrence of the new group of persons socially endangered by war, the refugees.

Author Keywords

Homeless Psychotrauma War Refugees Social hazard Alcohol intoxication Croatia

Index Keywords

male female major clinical study intensive care unit hazard assessment alcoholism refugee retrospective study alcohol intoxication psychotrauma prevalence Article university hospital risk assessment homelessness human adult war
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ISSN: 0002502X
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English