Homicide and blackout in alaskan natives: a report and reproduction of five cases

J Stud Alcohol. 1980 May;41(5):456-62. doi: 10.15288/jsa.1980.41.456.

Abstract

Alcoholic amnesia was reproduced clinically in 5 Alaskan Native men who had committed homicide during previous alcoholic blackouts but had no recollection of events.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Affect
  • Alaska
  • Alcoholism / complications*
  • Amnesia / etiology*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Ethanol / blood
  • Homicide*
  • Humans
  • Male

Substances

  • Ethanol