Citation

S O, T G, Z K, Davaakhuu, M D. Mongolian Medical Sciences 2013; 50-53.

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(Copyright © 2013)

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Abstract

Background. Acute alcohol delusions of persecution usually show up delusions of persecution, which is begun auditory hallucination, illusion, fair, anxiety in night time. The patient may conduct to attempt suicide or social harmful activities from the fair and the anxiety. Therefore, we studied types of delusion in alcohol related psychosis and risks of social harmful activities due to delusion. Aim. To identify types of delusion in alcohol related psychosis, risks of social harmful activities due to delusion.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. The study was conducted on the 110 cases of suicide (100 cases among males and 10 cases among females). In the study used special questionnaire with 45 chapters and 431 questions. The current mental condition was identified by the objective and subjective history of patients with Michigan scale questionnaire.

RESULTS. We were compared forms of alcohol related psychosis to delusion symptoms, there were occurred 29.6% of 64 patients with delusions of persecution during withdrawal state with delirium without convulsions (F10.40) and 34.4% of 64 patients with delusions of persecution during predominantly delusional psychotic disorder (F10.52). Those patients in 37 case (or 33.6%) were with suicidal thinking and 20 patients (or 18.2%) made suicidal attempts. 23.4% of 64 patients with delusions of persecution, 24.07% of 54 patients with hallucinatory delirium made suicidal attempts.

CONCLUSIONS. Delusion symptoms in alcohol related psychosis are belonged to clinical form and were showed up many types.

Language: en

Keywords

suicidal attempt; alcoholic delirium; content of delirium; motivation of suicide; psychosis due to alcohol