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Many factors contribute to the clinical picture in the Acute Alcohol Psychoses. When seen clinically, the patient is suffering from a toxin vhich poisons many organs and systems. In addition to the effects of alcohol, some of the pathology may result from nutritional deficiency. Further, factors in the premorbid personality can contribute to the choice of alcohol and even make the patient biologically vulnerable to a withdrawal psychosis. To illustrate the complex etiology, some of the relevant factors are listed in Table I. It is difficult to separate the impact of these factors on the alcohol withdrawal psychoses, especially their relation to dose and duration of exposure to alcohol.
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Alpert, M., Angrist, B., Diamond, F., Gershon, S. (1970). Comparison of Ditran Intoxication and Acute Alcohol Psychoses. In: Keup, W. (eds) Origin and Mechanisms of Hallucinations. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8645-6_23
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