More women than men treated for alcohol abuse

MORE women are being treated for alcohol abuse than men, according to figures from one of the country’s main treatment centres for alcoholism.

Females account for over 60% of all patients at the Rutland Centre in Dublin in a trend which experts believe is set to continue.

Rutland Centre clinical director Stephen Rowen said the current ratio between male and female patients was a complete reversal of a common pattern over many years when men were predominant among its clientele.