The relationship between the craving for alcohol and relapse of the disease

E. M. Krupitsky; A. A. Rudenko; M. V. Tsoi; O. N. Neznanova; A. M. Burakov; T. Yu Slavina; A. Ya Grinenko; E. E. Zwartau; B. Flanneri; S. Krebaum

The relationship between the craving for alcohol and relapse of the disease

E. M. Krupitsky, A. A. Rudenko, M. V. Tsoi, O. N. Neznanova, A. M. Burakov, T. Yu Slavina, A. Ya Grinenko, E. E. Zwartau, B. Flanneri, S. Krebaum

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Abstract

The craving for alcohol was studied using 2 Russian and 4 international scales, including ratings of the clinician and self-rating of the patient. Depression and anxiety as well as the content of alcohol in exhaled air were assessed. The data were compared to the scores of the Impulsive Relapse Questionnaire. Eighteen patients were studied. The prolonged conscious or insurmountable or poorly controlled drive for alcohol was rare in patients in the remission. Most of patients do not notice such a drive though it was found with the corresponding scales. The craving for alcohol is more often caused by the environment factors related as to alcohol as well to non-specific stress factors and represents a transient impulsive phenomenon that leads to the relapse of disease.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	32-36
Number of pages	5
Journal	Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psihiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova
Volume	107
Issue number	SPEC. ISS. 1
State	Published - 2007

Keywords

Alcoholism
Craving for alcohol
Rating scales
Relapse
Remission

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Clinical Neurology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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