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Published on: February 6, 2019
Alcoholic hallucinosis and paranoid schizophrenia-a comparative (clinical and follow up) study
G Sampath1, Y V Kumar, S M Channabasavanna
1Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore-560 029.
Abstract:
In a Study Of 90 patients of Alcoholic Hallucinosis and 30 patients of Paranoid Schizophrenia, it was found that delusions, delusions of infidelity, third person and running commentary auditory hallucinations and insight were not different in the two groups.Delusions of grandeur, passivity, thought echo and thought broadcast were significantly more frequent in paranoid schizophrenic patients. Anxiety, visual iiafracinatians and hallucinations in more than one modality at the same time were commoner in alcoholic hallucionsis. Recovery from acute symptoms was much earlier in alcoholic hallucinosis.Number of first degree relatives with schizophrenia was much higher in the paranoid schizophrenic group.In a mean follow up period of 18 months, it was found that patients with alcoholic hallucinosis did much better than patients with paranoid schizophrenia.
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