A group of 48 inpatient alcoholics were studied using the Schedule for Affectve Disorders and Schizophrenia–Life‐time Version (SADS‐L) and the Brief Standard Self‐rating for Phobic Patients. Approximately one‐quarter of the patients were diagnosed as suffering from agoraphobia and social and mixed phobias. Approximately 44% were diagnosed as suffering from anxiety disorders and 46% had suffered from an episode of major depression. Data from the self‐rating questionnaire were consistent with the diagnostic data. The alcoholics with phobias had experienced more severe dysphoric feelings than nonphobic alcoholics with other psychiatri