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The most clinically useful classification of alcoholics currently available derives from the work of Winokur and his associates (Winokur, Reich, Rimmer and Pitts, 1970). They divided alcoholics into three main groups:-
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Primary alcoholics (those who had become addicted to alcohol without pre-existing depression, sociopathy, anxiety neurosis, hysteria, or schizophrenia).
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Depression-alcoholics who had clearcut episodes of depression without pre-existing alcoholism, sociopathy etc. and
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Sociopathy alcoholics, those who had histories of police problems “with early onset of excessive fighting, delinquency, job trouble, sexual promiscuity, wanderlust, or periods of being a ‘runaway’ ”.
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MacSweeney, D. (1975). Body Composition in Control, Alcoholic and Depressive Individuals Using a Multiple Isotope Technique and Whole Body Counting of Potassium. In: Gross, M.M. (eds) Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 59. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0632-1_17
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