Question

Dipsomania is
A) A type of depression
B) Insanity due to psychosis
C) Severe addiction to alcohol
D) Tendency to take much water

Answer 1

Hint:Addiction is the psychological phenomenon which also includes pharmacological reactions where a person or an individual cannot hold back by himself or herself from getting away from any of the habits they are very much used to. Addiction is seen mostly in sedatives, neurotransmitter stimulators such as coffee, tea, chocolates, smoking of cigars, drinking of alcohol and more.

Complete answer:
Depression is nothing but lowering of an individual's interest in any of the activities after a psychical damage which transforms his behaviour with his known ones. If a person's mental Health is very much disturbed or his psychological fitness is altered, if a person loses his mental position in the society or due to disturbing behaviour then that individual is considered to be mentally ill.

An individual with average BMI drinks water upto 3 or 4 liters of water per day, or one drinks water when he feels thirsty. There is a condition found where a person has a tendency to drink excess of water medically this condition is known as polydipsia.

Dipsomania is the condition where a person is very much addicted to consuming excess alcohol, this psychological imbalance is due to continuous or frequent drinking of alcohol which might lead to various diseases and sometimes leads to organ failure.

Thus the correct answer is Option C.

Note:Dipsomania condition is found in the early 17th century and this condition is not only an addiction to alcohol but also refers to various alcohol related problems.