High rehospitalization rate in alcohol-induced psychotic disorder.

Abstract

Little is known about the prevalence and in particular the outcome of alcohol-induced psychotic disorder (AIPD). Data from hospital statistics of the BARMER GEK, one of the major health insurance companies in Germany, show a low overall prevalence of AIPD. An analysis of readmission rates for patients hospitalized for AIPD in 2005 (N = 462) and 2006 (N = 404) for the period up to 2010 revealed very high readmission rates. Only a minority of patients were without relapse [144 (31.2%) of the 2005 sample; 152 (37.6%) of the 2006 sample]. Thus, AIPD appears to be a rare complication of the alcohol use disorder but to have an extremely high rehospitalization rate, probably indicating a more chronic course and worse prognosis than previously thought. More follow-up studies are needed to elucidate this syndrome.

• Authors: Michael Soyka, Bernd Helten, Marcus Cleves, Peggy Schmidt
• Journal: European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience (Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci) Vol. 263 Issue 4 Pg. 309-13 (Jun 2013) ISSN: 1433-8491 [Electronic] Germany
• PMID: 23111929 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (psychology, therapy)
• Alcoholism (complications, epidemiology, therapy)
• Female
• Germany (epidemiology)
• Hallucinations (chemically induced, psychology)
• Humans
• International Classification of Diseases
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Patient Readmission
• Prevalence
• Prognosis
• Psychoses, Substance-Induced (epidemiology, etiology, therapy)
• Recurrence
• Risk Factors
• Young Adult