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Alcoholic psychosis

MedGen UID:
11009
•Concept ID:
C0033936
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Alcoholic Psychoses; Psychoses, Alcoholic
SNOMED CT: Ethanol-induced psychosis (1231846001); Psychosis caused by ethanol (1231846001); Alcohol-induced psychosis (1231846001)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002330

Definition

A group of mental disorders associated with organic brain damage and caused by poisoning from alcohol. [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Alcohol-related brain damage: a 21st-century management conundrum.
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Br J Psychiatry 2011 Sep;199(3):176-7. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.092569. PMID: 21881094
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Acta Psychiatr Scand 1979 Apr;59(4):337-69. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1979.tb04479.x. PMID: 34978

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Healthcare Utilisation, Morbidities and Alcohol Use Monitoring Prior to Alcoholic Psychosis Diagnosis.
Otete H, Fleming MK, West J, Orton E
Alcohol Alcohol 2019 Mar 1;54(2):131-138. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agy085. PMID: 30576413
Association between age, substance use, and outcomes in Medicare enrollees with prostate cancer.
Jayadevappa R, Chhatre S
J Geriatr Oncol 2016 Nov;7(6):444-452. Epub 2016 Jul 7 doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2016.06.007. PMID: 27394148Free PMC Article
Inequalities in Alcohol-Related Mortality in 17 European Countries: A Retrospective Analysis of Mortality Registers.
Mackenbach JP, Kulhánová I, Bopp M, Borrell C, Deboosere P, Kovács K, Looman CW, Leinsalu M, Mäkelä P, Martikainen P, Menvielle G, Rodríguez-Sanz M, Rychtaříková J, de Gelder R
PLoS Med 2015 Dec;12(12):e1001909. Epub 2015 Dec 1 doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001909. PMID: 26625134Free PMC Article
Probiotics restore bowel flora and improve liver enzymes in human alcohol-induced liver injury: a pilot study.
Kirpich IA, Solovieva NV, Leikhter SN, Shidakova NA, Lebedeva OV, Sidorov PI, Bazhukova TA, Soloviev AG, Barve SS, McClain CJ, Cave M
Alcohol 2008 Dec;42(8):675-82. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.08.006. PMID: 19038698Free PMC Article
Effect of ethanol and alcoholic beverages on the gastrointestinal tract in humans.
Singer MV
Rom J Gastroenterol 2002 Sep;11(3):197-204. PMID: 12368939

Diagnosis

Acute Alcoholic Hallucinosis: A Review.
Skryabin VY, Martinotti G, Franck J, Zastrozhin MS
Psychopathology 2023;56(5):383-390. Epub 2023 Jan 19 doi: 10.1159/000528573. PMID: 36657433
Healthcare Utilisation, Morbidities and Alcohol Use Monitoring Prior to Alcoholic Psychosis Diagnosis.
Otete H, Fleming MK, West J, Orton E
Alcohol Alcohol 2019 Mar 1;54(2):131-138. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agy085. PMID: 30576413
Probiotics restore bowel flora and improve liver enzymes in human alcohol-induced liver injury: a pilot study.
Kirpich IA, Solovieva NV, Leikhter SN, Shidakova NA, Lebedeva OV, Sidorov PI, Bazhukova TA, Soloviev AG, Barve SS, McClain CJ, Cave M
Alcohol 2008 Dec;42(8):675-82. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.08.006. PMID: 19038698Free PMC Article
Alcoholism and other psychiatric disorders.
Schuckit MA
Hosp Community Psychiatry 1983 Nov;34(11):1022-7. doi: 10.1176/ps.34.11.1022. PMID: 6642446
Evidence of genetic predisposition to alcoholic cirrhosis and psychosis: twin concordances for alcoholism and its biological end points by zygosity among male veterans.
Hrubec Z, Omenn GS
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1981 Spring;5(2):207-15. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1981.tb04890.x. PMID: 7018299

Therapy

Healthcare Utilisation, Morbidities and Alcohol Use Monitoring Prior to Alcoholic Psychosis Diagnosis.
Otete H, Fleming MK, West J, Orton E
Alcohol Alcohol 2019 Mar 1;54(2):131-138. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agy085. PMID: 30576413
Probiotics restore bowel flora and improve liver enzymes in human alcohol-induced liver injury: a pilot study.
Kirpich IA, Solovieva NV, Leikhter SN, Shidakova NA, Lebedeva OV, Sidorov PI, Bazhukova TA, Soloviev AG, Barve SS, McClain CJ, Cave M
Alcohol 2008 Dec;42(8):675-82. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.08.006. PMID: 19038698Free PMC Article
The long-term cost-effectiveness of improving alcohol abstinence with adjuvant acamprosate.
Palmer AJ, Neeser K, Weiss C, Brandt A, Comte S, Fox M
Alcohol Alcohol 2000 Sep-Oct;35(5):478-92. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/35.5.478. PMID: 11022023
Haloperidol for acute psychiatric emergencies: a double-blind comparison with perphenazine in acute alcoholic psychosis.
Ritter RM, Davidson DE
South Med J 1971 Feb;64(2):249-50. PMID: 4927220
Experience with reserpine (serpasil) and perphenazine (trilafon) in acute alcoholic intoxications and alcoholic psychosis.
KOFMAN O
Can Med Assoc J 1958 Dec 15;79(12):988-91. PMID: 13608383Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Inequalities in Alcohol-Related Mortality in 17 European Countries: A Retrospective Analysis of Mortality Registers.
Mackenbach JP, Kulhánová I, Bopp M, Borrell C, Deboosere P, Kovács K, Looman CW, Leinsalu M, Mäkelä P, Martikainen P, Menvielle G, Rodríguez-Sanz M, Rychtaříková J, de Gelder R
PLoS Med 2015 Dec;12(12):e1001909. Epub 2015 Dec 1 doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001909. PMID: 26625134Free PMC Article
Alcohol-attributable mortality among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999-2009.
Landen M, Roeber J, Naimi T, Nielsen L, Sewell M
Am J Public Health 2014 Jun;104 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):S343-9. Epub 2014 Apr 22 doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301648. PMID: 24754661Free PMC Article
15 years of social crisis in the largest Circumpolar region: hygienic implications.
Tyrylgin MA
Alaska Med 2007;49(2 Suppl):273-5. PMID: 17929648
Genetic predisposition to organ-specific endpoints of alcoholism.
Reed T, Page WF, Viken RJ, Christian JC
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1996 Dec;20(9):1528-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01695.x. PMID: 8986199
Alcoholism and other psychiatric disorders.
Schuckit MA
Hosp Community Psychiatry 1983 Nov;34(11):1022-7. doi: 10.1176/ps.34.11.1022. PMID: 6642446

Clinical prediction guides

Alcohol use disorders associated with an increased risk of mesenteric ischemia: A nationwide cohort study.
Chen CF, Kao WT, Liu KT, Chen SL, Huang YT, Huang CC
Drug Alcohol Depend 2019 Jan 1;194:264-270. Epub 2018 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.10.030. PMID: 30469097
Estimates of harm associated with changes in Swedish alcohol policy: results from past and present estimates.
Andreasson S, Holder HD, Norström T, Osterberg E, Rossow I
Addiction 2006 Aug;101(8):1096-105. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01485.x. PMID: 16869839
Disease patterns of the homeless in Tokyo.
Takano T, Nakamura K, Takeuchi S, Watanabe M
J Urban Health 1999 Mar;76(1):73-84. doi: 10.1007/BF02344463. PMID: 10091192Free PMC Article

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