[Reflexotherapy in the treatment of alcoholics with depressive syndrome].
A total of 33 patients with associated alcoholism and depressive syndrome were examined. Of these, 23 persons were diagnosed to suffer from depressive neurosis, 9 had reactive and 1 endogenous depression. After the reflexotherapy the depressive symptomatology was removed in all the cases excluding endogenous depression. The alcoholism symptomatology disappeared simultaneously. The authors regard reflexotherapy as an adequate modality to be applied to the combined treatment of patients suffering from associated alcoholism and depression.
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D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012028:Reflexotherapy; D012074:Remission Induction
Refleksoterapiia pri lechenii bol'nykh alkogolizmom s depressivnym sindromom.