Citation

Liskow BI, Rinck C, Campbell J, DeSouza C. J. Stud. Alcohol 1989; 50(5): 414-421.

Affiliation

Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, Ohio 43221.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2779242

Abstract

The phenomenon of alcohol withdrawal has seldom been studied in subgroups of patients in withdrawal. We developed a rating scale for measuring alcohol withdrawal that we found to be reliable and valid. The scale, when applied to young (ages 21-33, N = 24) and elderly (ages 58-77, N = 26) groups of patients in alcohol withdrawal, indicated that the elderly group initially had a more severe withdrawal for which they received higher doses of chlordiazepoxide.

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