The answer may tend to objectively indicate the presence and severity of the primary pathological craving for alcohol.
To diagnose the stage of alcoholism is very important to determine the presence (or absence) of a withdrawal syndrome with the need to drink more and the time of its occurrence.
This applies to patients with permanent drunkenness. It is advisable to approach the question of a strong desire to drink more subtly: ask the patient about his condition the next day after drinking (malaise, headache)
and see how it eliminates discomfort. On this question the patient usually responds that "drink a beer or a glass of vodka." Some people, realizing that a doctor forcing them to confess to obsessive desire to drink, active denial, hiding, thus, need to drink more. Since the withdrawal syndrome is the most important sign of alcoholism, you should determine its severity, duration, presence of neurological and psychiatric disorders (sleep disorders, feelings of fear, anxiety, disorders of perception). |