TY - JOUR
T1 - Neuropsychological predictors of alcohol abtinence following a detoxification program
AU - Bento, Bruno
AU - Oliveira, Jorge
AU - Gameiro, Fátima
AU - Brito, Rodrigo
AU - Gamito, Pedro
AU - Lopes, Paulo
AU - Morais, Diogo
AU - Neto, Margarida
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Abstinence
KW - Alcoholism
KW - Neuropsychological assessment
KW - Predictors of abstinence
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-69694-2_13
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-69694-2_13
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85080123045
SN - 1865-0929
VL - 665
SP - 141
EP - 149
JO - Communications in Computer and Information Science
JF - Communications in Computer and Information Science
T2 - 3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015
Y2 - 1 October 2015 through 2 October 2015
ER -