Schroeder D, Nasrallah H A
Am J Psychiatry. 1982 Nov;139(11):1471-3. doi: 10.1176/ajp.139.11.1471.
The authors reviewed the charts of 36 patients discharged from a VA medical center with a diagnosis of essential tremor over a 10-year period for evidence of alcohol dependency or abuse and for family history of alcoholism and other psychiatric disorders. A sex- and age-matched sample of patients admitted during the same period for herniorrhaphy was used as a control group. Patients with essential tremor had a significantly higher frequency of alcohol dependence and abuse than control subjects and also had a much higher rate of positive first-degree family history of alcoholism. The authors suggest that essential tremor is an important cause of secondary alcoholism.
作者回顾了一家退伍军人医疗中心在10年期间诊断为特发性震颤的36名出院患者的病历，以寻找酒精依赖或滥用的证据以及酗酒和其他精神疾病的家族史。同期因疝气修补术入院的性别和年龄匹配的患者样本用作对照组。特发性震颤患者的酒精依赖和滥用频率明显高于对照组，且一级酗酒家族史阳性率也高得多。作者认为特发性震颤是继发性酗酒的一个重要原因。
