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A reappraisal of alcoholic psychoses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

John Cutting
John Cutting*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Academic Department of Psychological Medicine, Kings College Hospital
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1Address for correspondence: Dr J. Cutting, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

A retrospective study of alcoholic psychoses is reported. The phenomena of the illnesses corresponded poorly with classical descriptions of alcoholic hallucinosis, delirium tremens and alcoholic paranoia. Alternative diagnostic approaches were tried (Catego, restrictive definition of alcoholic hallucinosis). The problems of distinguishing psychoses with associated organic factors from ‘idiopathic’ forms are discussed.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , May 1978 , pp. 285 - 295
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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