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Alcoholic Hallucinosis and Schizophrenia: A Negative Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Marc A. Schuckit
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
George Winokur
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Medical School, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240

Extract

Many years ago Eugen Bleuler postulated a correlation between alcoholic hallucinosis and schizophrenia. In his textbook, he stated his belief that ‘alcholic hallucinosis could … be a mere syndrome of schizophrenia induced by alcohol (1)’.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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References

1. Bleuler, E. (1916). Textbook of Psychiatry (Authorized translation 1924 by Brill, A. A.), pp. 342–5. New York: The Macmillan Company.Google Scholar
2. Kallmann, F. J. (1946). ‘The genetic theory of schizophrenia.’ American Journal of Psychiatry, 100, 309–22.Google Scholar
3. Winokur, G. et al. (1970). ‘Alcoholism III: Diagnosis and familial psychiatric illness in 259 alcoholic probands.’ Archives of General Psychiatry, 23, 104–11.Google Scholar
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