Features of alcohol withdrawl are all EXCEPT: March 2013: (A) Epileptic seizure, (B) Restlessness, (C) Hallucination, (D) Hypersomnolence
Answer is D. Ans. D i.e. Hypersomnolence Alcohol and psychiatry Wernicke's encephalopathy involves: Mammilary bodies Korsakoff's syndrome presents as: - Profound and persistent anterograde amnesia and Confabulation Feature of alcoholic paranoia: Hallucination Questionarrie used: CAGE Alcohol withdrawl: - Visual and tactile hallucination (hangover), - Delirium tremens - MC symptom of alcohol withdrawl; Disorientation, Anxiety, Perceptual defect; Chlordiazepoxide is used for management