BACKGROUND: With preparations currently being made for the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders-5th Edition (DSM-5), one prominent issue to resolve is whether …

Addiction is a mental illness in which psychiatric conditions imply a prominent burden.
Psychopathological symptoms in substance use disorder (SUD) patients are usually viewed …

Background: Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is associated with morbidity and mortality.
Assessment of factors affecting AWS will help in early diagnosis and initiation of appropriate …

Objective Associations of amount of alcohol intake and beverage type with the risk of
delirium tremens (DT) have not been studied. This longitudinal study investigated if the …

Aims: To test the hypothesis of beverage-specific effect in Russia on the incidence rate of
alcoholic psychoses (a known indicator of a population's alcohol-related problems) …

Aims Psychotic symptoms can occur in the general population, and alcohol use disorder
(AUD) is an identified vulnerability factor. However, it remains unclear how AUD is …

Little is known about the prevalence and in particular the outcome of alcohol-induced
psychotic disorder (AIPD). Data from hospital statistics of the BARMER GEK, one of the …

Aim: Many studies have noted that substance abuse and mental health problems often occur
simultaneously. The aim of the work reported here was to study the co-occurrence of mental …

The aim of this study is to compare the clinical characteristics of three groups of patients in
treatment for cocaine dependence: patients without any psychotic symptoms (NS), patients …

Acute alcoholic hallucinosis is a psychotic disorder characterized by a predominance of
auditory hallucinations with delusions and affective symptoms in the clinical picture …