THE AGORAPHOBIC ALCOHOLIC: REPORT OF TWO CASES

The association between agoraphobia and alcohol dependence has been frequently observed in Western literature, but reports from India are lacking. Two cases demonstrating such an association are described. In both of them, the agoraphobic symptoms followed alcohol dependence. The interaction between...

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Autores principales: Basu, D., Raj, Lok, Mattoo, S.K., Malhotra, A., Varma, V.K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1993
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2978495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743638
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author Basu, D.
Raj, Lok
Mattoo, S.K.
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Varma, V.K.
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description The association between agoraphobia and alcohol dependence has been frequently observed in Western literature, but reports from India are lacking. Two cases demonstrating such an association are described. In both of them, the agoraphobic symptoms followed alcohol dependence. The interaction between these two conditions may set up a vicious cycle, and failure to recognize this co-morbidity may result in treatment failure.
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spelling pubmed-29784952011-07-08 THE AGORAPHOBIC ALCOHOLIC: REPORT OF TWO CASES Basu, D. Raj, Lok Mattoo, S.K. Malhotra, A. Varma, V.K. Indian J Psychiatry Case Reports The association between agoraphobia and alcohol dependence has been frequently observed in Western literature, but reports from India are lacking. Two cases demonstrating such an association are described. In both of them, the agoraphobic symptoms followed alcohol dependence. The interaction between these two conditions may set up a vicious cycle, and failure to recognize this co-morbidity may result in treatment failure. Medknow Publications 1993 /pmc/articles/PMC2978495/ /pubmed/21743638 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Basu, D.
Raj, Lok
Mattoo, S.K.
Malhotra, A.
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THE AGORAPHOBIC ALCOHOLIC: REPORT OF TWO CASES
title THE AGORAPHOBIC ALCOHOLIC: REPORT OF TWO CASES
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title_fullStr THE AGORAPHOBIC ALCOHOLIC: REPORT OF TWO CASES
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title_short THE AGORAPHOBIC ALCOHOLIC: REPORT OF TWO CASES
title_sort agoraphobic alcoholic: report of two cases
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743638
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