A study by the University of Iowa says children of alcoholic parents may beat greater risk for several personality disorders. Psychiatry professorSamuel Kuperman is the lead investigator in the study.Kuperman says they still don’t know if the children inherit the problemsfrom their parents.Kuperman says they hope to develop a treatment that will prevent the cycleof alcoholism and psychiatric problems from continuing. The study involved 463 kids ages seven to 17.
