Alcoholics in the second and third stages of addiction often experience psychosis accompanied by auditory and visual hallucinations. They are usually threatening in nature and are seen in dark green or black colors, the head of the Department of Drug Abuse and Substance Abuse at INOPR at the Russian National Research Medical University told socialbites.ca. NI Pirogov of the Ministry of Health of Russia, psychiatrist-narcologist Lev Blagov.
“Perceptual illusions are realistic, vivid and very similar to real images. For example, with delirium or delirium tremens, a person experiences visual and auditory illusions and hallucinations, often of a threatening, frightening, frightening nature. The color scheme is usually dark green or black,” Blagov explained.
In acute alcoholic hallucinosis, patients experience auditory hallucinations, but they are weaker than delirium tremens.
“A person often hears familiar voices before falling asleep. The duration of psychosis may last up to 2-3 weeks. However, alcoholism has chronic hallucinosis that can last more than six months. In some cases, these are complex comorbid cases that require qualified psychiatric diagnosis,” said the narcologist.
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