Modification of Automatic Alcohol-Approach Tendencies in Alcohol-Dependent Patients with Mild or Major Neurocognitive Disorder.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res
; 42(1): 153-161, 2018 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
To examine the applicability of an alcohol-avoidance training procedure in patients with alcohol dependence and alcohol-induced neurocognitive disorders (NDs), we trained 2 groups that differed in the degree of cognitive impairment One group fulfilled the DSM-5 criteria for alcohol-induced mild ND, and 1 group was diagnosed with Korsakoff's syndrome (KS) (alcohol-induced major ND, confabulatory/amnesic subtype; DSM-5). The intervention is assumed to match the preserved cognitive capacity for implicit learning in both groups.METHODS:
Fifty-one inpatients with a mild ND and 54 inpatients with KS were trained. Six training sessions (including pre- and posttests) of a computerized implicit alcohol approach-avoidance task were applied. Neurocognitive variables were available from the standard assessment procedure of the clinic.RESULTS:
Training of alcohol-avoidance tendencies is feasible in a population with alcohol-related NDs. The alcohol-approach bias decreased for both groups in each session. Better learning results over time were obtained in participants with a larger baseline alcohol-approach tendency. Learning effects were positively related to age and implicit (nondeclarative) memory functioning. No relation between training effects and executive or explicit memory functions was found.CONCLUSIONS:
Training of an alcohol-avoidance tendency can be successfully applied in patients with alcohol dependence including those with alcohol-induced NDs.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Aprendizagem da Esquiva
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Alcoolismo
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Disfunção Cognitiva
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article