title: Follow-up study of alcoholic hallucinosis.
abstract: Alcoholic hallucinosis is a pathological mental state characterized by an acute onset of predominant auditory hallucinations that occur either during or after a period of heavy alcohol consumption. In this study, 52 patients with a diagnosis of Psychotic disorder predominantly hallucinatory associated with alcohol use (F 10.52) were evaluated after a period of three years. Past history of withdrawal hallucinations was associated with alcoholic hallucinosis The study has found a wide spectrum of outcome confirming the earlier observations that alcoholic hallucinosis is a heterogeneous disorder.
authors.affiliation: BOJIR PERME, Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, JIPMER, Pondicherry-6.
authors.forename: Bojir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perme
authors.forename: Kommu John
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Vijaysagar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chandrasekharan