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. 1989 Jan;146(1):102-3.
doi: 10.1176/ajp.146.1.102.

Self-induced water intoxication and alcohol abuse

T L Ripley  1 , R C Millson, A B Koczapski
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Self-induced water intoxication and alcohol abuse

T L Ripley et al. Am J Psychiatry. 1989 Jan.

Abstract

According to Feighner criteria, alcohol abuse was significantly more common among 17 schizophrenic male inpatients with self-induced water intoxication than among 17 matched schizophrenic control inpatients. The alcohol abuse had begun 8-22 years before the diagnosis of water intoxication.

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