Resumo

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.

Idioma originalInglês
Páginas (de-até)141-149
Número de páginas9
RevistaCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume665
DOIs
Estado da publicaçãoPublicadas - 2017
Evento3rd Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2015 - Lisbon
Duração: 1 out. 20152 out. 2015

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