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Genetics have a great deal to do with gender differences. Male pattern Alcoholism is a well-known subtype. Overall, men do outnumber women, in terms of rates of alcoholism. However, in one subtype, self-treatment of depression, women are more likely to use alcohol when already depressed, than men. (Part of this is due to the higher rates of depression in women, but this higher rate of depression does not account for the higher proportion of women who abuse alcohol when depressed).

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