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| Year : 2003 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 244-246 |
Follow-Up Study of Alcoholic Hallucinosis
Bojir Perme, R Chandrasekharan, Kommu John Vijaysagar
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, JIPMER, Pondicherry-6, India
Correspondence Address:
Bojir Perme
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, JIPMER, Pondicherry-6
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
PMID: 21206866 
Alcoholic hallucinosis is a pathological mental state characterized by an acute onset of predominant auditory hallucinations that occur either during or after a period of heavy alcohol consumption. In this study, 52 patients with a diagnosis of Psychotic disorder predominantly hallucinatory associated with alcohol use (F 10.52) were evaluated after a period of three years. Past history of withdrawal hallucinations was associated with alcoholic hallucinosis The study has found a wide spectrum of outcome confirming the earlier observations that alcoholic hallucinosis is a
heterogeneous disorder.
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