Subtle cognitive deficits in severe alcohol addicts--do they show a specific profile?
J Neuropsychol
; 8(1): 147-53, 2014 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23107392
Although alcohol dependency is a burden to society, data on cognitive performance in therapy-resistant patients after multiple withdrawals are poor. In this study, 22 patients without reported cognitive deficits and 20 control subjects performed extensive cognitive testing and a motor task assessing short-term memory. Patients displayed subtle deficits (mainly in executive function), while memory functions were relatively unimpaired. Our results suggest that subtle frontal-executive deficits may contribute to a poor prognosis, but could be missed by routine clinical tests.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cognition Disorders
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Alcoholism
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
J Neuropsychol
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOLOGIA
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany
Country of publication:
United kingdom