Samuel Pombo, R Reizinho, F Ismail, A Barbosa, M Figueira, Cardoso, OM Lesch
Psychiatric Service of Santa Maria University Hospital
Psychiatric Service of Santa Maria University Hospital
(International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2007, 1-10).
Objective।validate NETER’s Alcoholic Typology (NAT), taking into account the differentiated distribution of the measures used as external criteria in the alcohol dependent sub-groups and its relationship with Lesch’s Alcoholic Typology (LAT). Method. A sample of 133 alcohol-dependent patients integrated in the alcoholism unit (NETER) of the Psychiatric Service of Santa Maria University Hospital were included in the study. Results and Conclusions. Convergent validity was assured by the agreement between the subtypes of the two typologies (NETER and Lesch), considering the same underlying model of alcoholism development: Anxiopathic subtype of NETER and Type II (Model of anxiety, alcohol as conflict solution) of Lesch and the Tymopathic subtype of NETER and type III (Model of Depression, alcohol as antidepressant) of Lesch. Discriminant analysis (external criteria) showed significant differences between the subtypes in the following variables: gender; tobacco; beer and whisky consumption; daily average of drinks; clinical conditions as Delirium Tremens, alcoholic blackouts and seizures; alcohol related problems severity; psychological dimensions as psychological maturity and extroversion; and suicidal ideation during the alcohol consumption period. A more exhaustive description of alcoholic sub-groups may improve alcoholism genetic studies and adequate the alcoholic patient to a specific therapeutical protocol.
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