New alcoholism genetics study findings have been reported from Washington University, Department of Psychiatry

Researchers detail in "Exposure to paternal alcoholism does not predict development of alcohol-use disorders in offspring: evidence from an offspring-of-twins study," new data in alcoholism. "Using an offspring-of-twins design, we tested the hypothesis that exposure to paternal alcoholism during the child's first 12 years will increase offspring risk for subsequent alcohol-use disorders (AUD). Structured psychiatric interviews assessed history of psychiatric and substance-use disorders in Vietnam Era Twin Registry fathers (n=512), their offspring (n=877), and mothers of the offspring (n=507). Exposure was defined as the fathers' endorsement of any Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of...

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