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Excerpt from The Alcoholic Psychoses, Chronic Alcoholic Delirium (Korsakoff's Psychosis): A Clinical Lecture These are the six cases which I have had the Oppor tunity to observe - in the past two years. They all have much in common; in the first place the psychic alterations bear a close resemblance. It is true that these vary, in one case being more marked, in another milder - but in all the most prominent symptom was a more or less deep disturb ance of association of ideas and of the memories. In the severer cases there developed a complete loss of relation between the single ideas, while in the milder cases the ideas simply were mixed, the memories were tossed about, and forgetfulness was...
From the President of the Research Society on Alcoholism On behalf of the Research Society on Alcoholism, I am pleased to introduce this 14th volume of Recent Developments in Alcoholism about the consequences of alcoholism. Current concepts are presented in well-organized sections that focus on the medical, neuropsychiatric, economic, and biobehavioral con- quences of alcoholism. This volume contains up-to-date discussions of these issues. The editors and associate editors should be congratulated for bringing together such important information. This volume will be a valuable resource for investigators and therapists alike. Ivan Diamond M.D., Ph.D. President, Research Society on Alcoholism F...
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