All are true of Delerium tremens EXCEPT:
Correct Answer: Severe depression
Description: Severe depression REF: Kaplan and sadock's synopsis of psychiatry 10th ed page 398-399DELIRIUM TREMENS:Most common type of alcohol withdrawalWithin 2-4 days of abstinence from severe drinkingNew memory retention and registration impairedCloudy consciousness, DisorientationVisual hallucination more than tactile and auditoryDisturbed sleep wake cycleSun downing or diurnal variationPsychomotor and autonomic agitationDOC- chlordiazepoxide
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