During a recent press conference, the chief freelance psychiatrist of the Moscow Desdra and Ministry of health of Russia Yevgeny Bryun said that, statistically, men drink alcohol are four times more likely than women. The specialists stressed that there were no signs of hereditary transmission of craving for alcohol in this case.

According to Brune, there are certain peculiarities in the treatment of alcohol dependence and rehabilitation of women. For example, according to him, they first partake of alcohol at the average age of 12-13 years, while the misuse of the first problems with the behavior change begins to occur in 14-16 years. Meanwhile, the psychiatrist stressed that alcoholism is generally not inherited, despite the fact that genetics do may to some extent influence human behavior and risks of acquisition of some dependencies. According to the expert, in Russia today recorded the upward trend in mortality of working age citizens, largely caused by alcohol dependence.

It is noteworthy that shortly before the Moscow Department of health noted an increase in mortality in the first quarter of 2020 in the capital of 3.7% compared to the same period of 2019. The report noted that from January through April in the city died 42 000 people, and among the most common causes of death among the population invariably is part of the abuse of alcohol.

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