[Clinico-nosographic considerations on the relation of depression and alcoholism in a population of 450 hospitalized alcoholics].
The presence of depressive symptomatology in alcoholics has frequently been encountered in clinical practice, but the relationship running between the two pathologies remains a subject for discussion. The methodological difficulty of this evaluation is seen in a major discordance of reported data. Against this background, a group of subjects hospitalized in a neuropsychiatric environment has been assessed for incidence of alcoholic and depressive pathologies and their possible correlations. Of 428 hospitalizations for alcoholism, 350 (82%) presented a depressive pathology. These patients were distinguished by DSM III into three groups [a) adaptation disturbance with depressed mood; b) dysthymic disturbance; c) atypical depression]. Within these groups, the incidence of prior stress-inducing psychosocial events was assessed according to the criterion of growing seriousness of DSM III. The results after statistical processing are discussed and compared with reported data.
Angelini
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G
Istituto di Clinica Psichiatrica, Università di Torino.
Bogetto
F
F
Borio
R
R
Meluzzi
A
A
Mucci
P
P
Patria
D
D
Ricciardi
G
G
Torta
R
R
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Considerazioni clinico-nosografiche sul rapporto fra depressione ed alcolismo in una popolazione di 450 etilisti ospedalizzati.