[Diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome]

Yurinosuke Kitabayashi; Keisuke Shibata; Takashi Nakamae; Jin Narumoto; Naosuke Tani; Kenji Fukui

[Diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome]

Nihon Arukoru Yakubutsu Igakkai Zasshi. 2006 Dec;41(6):488-96.

[Article in Japanese]

Authors

Yurinosuke Kitabayashi¹, Keisuke Shibata, Takashi Nakamae, Jin Narumoto, Naosuke Tani, Kenji Fukui

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan.

PMID: 17313054

Abstract

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is the one of the most critical status among alcohol related disorders. Early detection, diagnosis, and appropriate treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome are keys to a successful outcome. This article describes the concrete method of diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Alcohol-Related Disorders / classification
Alcohol-Related Disorders / etiology
Alcoholism / rehabilitation
Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
Benzodiazepines / therapeutic use
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders*
Ethanol / adverse effects*
Humans
Mianserin / therapeutic use
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / diagnosis*
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / physiopathology
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / psychology
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / therapy*
Wernicke Encephalopathy

Substances

Antipsychotic Agents
Benzodiazepines
Mianserin
Ethanol