[Changes in diagnosis in the course of alcoholic delirium and alcoholic hallucination]

Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol (Leipz). 1983 Oct;35(10):618-22.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The article reports of cases of acute alcohol psychosis in which the diagnosis was changed during repeated courses of inpatient treatment. The question of the nosological independence of acute alcoholic psychosis is discussed in view of these clinical observations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alcohol Drinking
  • Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / diagnosis*
  • Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / psychology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hallucinations / diagnosis
  • Hallucinations / psychology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Psychoses, Alcoholic / diagnosis*
  • Psychoses, Alcoholic / psychology