title: Self-ratings of typical mood and behavior during recovery from alcohol abuse. A multivariate study of alcoholic men.
abstract: Male alcoholic subjects were asked to rate their own typical dysphoric mood states soon after admission for alcohol detoxification and again following 2 weeks of recovery from alcohol abuse. Self-ratings of typical dysphoric mood decreased following 2 weeks of recovery from alcohol abuse while self-ratings of typical impulsive behaviors remained unchanged. Within subjects, the magnitude of change in ratings of typical dysphoric mood during the first 2 weeks of recovery from alcohol abuse correlated highly with the level of typical dysphoric mood measured at the onset of alcohol treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D011599:Psychopathology