Generally women are less likely to alcohol dependant than men, but they appear to develop alcoholic brain damage more rapidly than men.
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It was found that the female alcoholics became dependent later than the men but had a more rapid development of dependence. Women showed equal alcohol consumption in relation to body weight in the last year and developed equal brain volume reductions as men after a significantly shorter period of alcohol dependence than men.Although the loss of brain volume partially reversed over the 6 weeks, it did not reach the level seen in controls. Because of the telescoping effect, early diagnosis and early prevention are even more important for women with alcohol problems than for men.
May 2005
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