Alcoholism and affective disorder: clinical course of depressive symptoms.
@article{Brown1995AlcoholismAA, title={Alcoholism and affective disorder: clinical course of depressive symptoms.}, author={S. Azby Brown and Robyn K Inaba and J. Christian Gillin and Marc A. Schuckit and M A Stewart and Michael R. Irwin}, journal={The American journal of psychiatry}, year={1995}, volume={152 1}, pages={ 45-52 } }
OBJECTIVE
This study compared the severity of and the change in depressive symptoms among men with alcohol dependence, affective disorder, or both disorders during 4 weeks of inpatient treatment.
METHOD
After their primary and secondary psychiatric disorders were defined with the use of criteria based on chronology of symptoms, 54 unmedicated men entering treatment for alcohol dependence or affective disorder were assessed for 4 consecutive weeks with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale…
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