OUTLINE OF THE CONCEPT OF ALCOHOL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE

In our theoretical model of alcohol neuropsychological structure (ANPS ) we are trying to reveal a possible mechanism in the occurrence and d evelopment of alcohol dependence. A system approach allows us to abstr act from concrete biochemical and neurophysiological deviations and ac cept these as facts associated with ebriety. We are basing all this on the existence of two-phase states of the neuropsychological system: r ecidivity and short term abstinence in alcoholics with repeated recidi vities. We presume that the repetition of the recidivity - remission c ycle increases vulnerability and readiness of the neuropsychological s ystem toward phasic transitions. Therefore, the transition into intoxi cation is sudden, bounce-like, with an immediate onset of the ANPS com plex. On the other hand, the revitalization of the neuropsychological system is slow and stage-like, with personal neuropsychological charac teristics.