Secondary depression in weaned alcoholics: implications of Lesch's typology of chronic alcoholism |
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| Authors: | Kiefer F Barocka A |
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| Institution: | Clinic of Psychiatry, University Hospital Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, D-20246 Hamburg and
1 Clinic of Psychiatry, University of Erlangen–Nueremberg, Schwabachanlage 6–10, 91054 Erlangen, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Schuckit (1983) described two types of alcohol-related depression:(1) the common type, in which secondary depression disappearswithout treatment within the first few weeks of abstinence;(2) a less frequent type, primary depression, requiring specifictreatment. It is difficult to anticipate whether an alcoholicpatient needs antidepressive treatment or whether depressionwill remit spontaneously. A potential guide to differentiatedepressed alcoholic patients who might need specific treatmentfor depression could be the typology of Lesch et al. (1990).Based on . . . Full Text of this Article]ConclusionFOOTNOTESREFERENCES |
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