[Significance of personality characteristics for the clinical picture and treatment of alcoholism].

The authors examined 118 patients with chronic alcoholism. Taking into consideration the typological personality traits all the patients were divided into 3 groups: cycloid (39 cases), asthenical (41 cases) and hystero-explosive (38 cases). Each group was characterized by distinct clinical traits of alcoholism in their separate symptoms, as well as in the development of the disease as a whole. The authors also distinguish differences in the treatment effectivity of all 3 groups.