Neuropsychological predictors of alcohol abtinence following a detoxification program

Bruno Bento; Jorge Oliveira; Fátima Gameiro; Rodrigo Brito; Pedro Gamito; Paulo Lopes; Diogo Morais; Margarida Neto

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69694-2_13

Neuropsychological predictors of alcohol abtinence following a detoxification program

Bruno Bento, Jorge Oliveira, Fátima Gameiro, Rodrigo Brito, Pedro Gamito, Paulo Lopes, Diogo Morais, Margarida Neto

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Abstract

Alcohol dependence syndrome has been associated to disfunctions of the pre-frontal cortex, with a negative impact on several areas of cognitive functioning, such as attention, memory and learning, visual-spatial synthesis, executive functions, and psychomotor functions. These changes in turn contribute to the perpetuation of the addictive behavior. We report a study with 249 recovering alcoholics assessed with neuropsychological tests pre-and post-treatment at an alcoholism rehab clinic, with follow-up for abstinence 3 and 6 months after treatment. We found that 3-month abstinence was associated to speed of psychomotor processing, whereas 6-month abstinence was related with decision-making, (lack of) impulsivity, speed of psychomotor processing, and emotional adjustment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-149
Number of pages	9
Journal	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	665
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69694-2_13
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 1 Oct 2015 → 2 Oct 2015

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Keywords

Abstinence
Alcoholism
Neuropsychological assessment
Predictors of abstinence

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Neuropsychological predictors of alcohol abtinence following a detoxification program

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