[The psychopathological dimension of female alcoholism].

Rev Infirm

Unité pour malades difficiles (UMD), Pôle de psychiatrie médico-légale (PPML), Centre hospitalier de Cadillac, 33410 Cadillac, France; Statistics and Population Studies Department, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe road, Bellville, 7535 Cape-Town, South-Africa; Psychologie-criminologie-victimologie (PCV), 33000 Bordeaux, France. Electronic address:

Published: December 2023

In France, as in other countries, more and more women are affected by alcoholism. Progress needs to be made in the early detection and management of their physical and psychological dependence on alcohol, as well as their psychopathological comorbidities.

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