title: [Alcoholism at the end of 1980-s and beginning of 2010-s].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the 20-years' clinical alteration and alcoholism basing on the changes in its clinical symptoms and course.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 527 alcoholics with formed alcohol withdrawal syndrome: 181 alcoholics were examined in 1988-1990 (Group 1) and 346 alcoholics in 2011-2012 (Group 2).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In Group 1, vodka consumption dominated at all stages of alcoholism. Group 2 included 172 alcoholics with the domination of vodka consumption and 174 alcoholics with mixed consumption. It was shown that in comparison with Group 1 (1988-1990 patients) patients from Group 2 (2011-2012) had slower and mild development of alcoholism, especially those in the mixed consumption group. The authors suggest that the change of the clinical pattern in Group 2 was due to the change in the composition of consumed alcoholic beverages.
authors.affiliation: Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry Branch of Serbsky Federal Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Narcology, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Nemtsov A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: V
authors.affiliation: Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry Branch of Serbsky Federal Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Narcology, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Orlov A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: V
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history; D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000453:epidemiology; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification* / Q000266:history / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology