Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:1105-1107
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
Depression in the abstinent alcoholic
D Behar, G Winokur and CJ Berg
Of 72 alcoholics who had abstained for a mean of 64 months, 15% had
serious, debilitating depressive symptoms, which had begun after a mean of
35 months of sobriety.
