PROPHYLAXIS IN ALCOHOLICS IN THE WITHDRAWAL PERIOD
P. J. F. WALSH M.B., D.P.M.1
1 Assistant Psychiatrist, St. Bernard's Hospital, Southall, Middlesex, England.
Attention is drawn to the occasional appearance of Korsakov's psychosis immediately after a convulsive seizure in chronic alcoholics and to the possibility that withdrawal fits may contribute to the dementia seen in some chronic alcoholics. The routine prophylactic use of anticonvulsants and B vitamins in the withdrawal period is advocated and described.
