title: High rehospitalization rate in alcohol-induced psychotic disorder.
abstract: Little is known about the prevalence and in particular the outcome of alcohol-induced psychotic disorder (AIPD). Data from hospital statistics of the BARMER GEK, one of the major health insurance companies in Germany, show a low overall prevalence of AIPD. An analysis of readmission rates for patients hospitalized for AIPD in 2005 (N = 462) and 2006 (N = 404) for the period up to 2010 revealed very high readmission rates. Only a minority of patients were without relapse [144 (31.2%) of the 2005 sample; 152 (37.6%) of the 2006 sample]. Thus, AIPD appears to be a rare complication of the alcohol use disorder but to have an extremely high rehospitalization rate, probably indicating a more chronic course and worse prognosis than previously thought. More follow-up studies are needed to elucidate this syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Private Hospital Meiringen, Willigen, 3860 Meiringen, Switzerland. michael.soyka@privatklinik-meiringen.ch
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soyka
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Helten
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cleves
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010359:Patient Readmission; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult