Subtle cognitive deficits in severe alcohol addicts--do they show a specific profile?

Wollenweber, Frank A;Halfter, Sarah;Brügmann, Elisabeth;Weinberg, Christina;Eickhoff, Simon B;et.al.
(2014) Journal of Neuropsychology — Vol. 8, n° 1, p. 147-153 (2014)

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  • Wollenweber, Frank A
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  • Halfter, Sarah
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  • Brügmann, Elisabeth
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  • Weinberg, Christina
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  • Hardwick, RobertUCLouvain
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  • Eickhoff, Simon B
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Abstract
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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Wollenweber, F. A., Halfter, S., Brügmann, E., Weinberg, C., Cieslik, E. C., Müller, V. I., Hardwick, R., & Eickhoff, S. B. (2014). Subtle cognitive deficits in severe alcohol addicts--do they show a specific profile? Journal of Neuropsychology, 8(1), 147-153. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12001 (Original work published 2014)