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Performance of recently detoxified patients with alcoholism on a neuropsychological screening test.

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Zinn, S; Bosworth, HB; Edwards, CL; Logue, PE; Swartzwelder, HS
Published in: Addict Behav
July 2003

OBJECTIVE: Early in recovery from alcoholism, cognitive deficits may compromise patients' utilization of rehabilitative information. Cognitive impairment in a sample of newly detoxified inpatients with alcoholism was examined using the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (NCSE). METHODS: Consecutively admitted psychiatric inpatients (N=233) with an alcohol-related primary diagnosis (63% male, mean age 46.3) were administered the NCSE following medical stabilization. Within-samples differences between age and diagnostic groups were examined and scores were compared to normative samples. RESULTS: Inpatients older than 50 demonstrated significant cognitive deficits for all scales except Attention. In comparison with normative samples, patients with alcoholism produced lower scores, with the most pronounced deficits among middle-aged patients. In alcohol-abusing patients with medical comorbidities, language deficits and more severe memory deficits were observed. Abuse severity or comorbid psychiatric disorder produced no differences in NCSE scores. CONCLUSIONS: Neuropsychological screening following detoxification in patients diagnosed with an alcohol disorder reflected the effects of increased age and medical comorbidity. Our finding of frequent deficits in abstraction, comprehension, and memory suggests that cognitive-behavioral treatments for inpatients may be less effective if cognitive impairment is not considered.

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Addict Behav

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0306-4603

Publication Date

July 2003

Volume

28

Issue

5

Start / End Page

837 / 849

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Substance Abuse
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cognition Disorders
  • Alcoholism
  • Aged, 80 and over
 

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Zinn, S., Bosworth, H. B., Edwards, C. L., Logue, P. E., & Swartzwelder, H. S. (2003). Performance of recently detoxified patients with alcoholism on a neuropsychological screening test. Addict Behav, 28(5), 837–849. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0306-4603(02)00258-7
Zinn, Sandra, Hayden B. Bosworth, Christopher L. Edwards, Patrick E. Logue, and H Scott Swartzwelder. “Performance of recently detoxified patients with alcoholism on a neuropsychological screening test.Addict Behav 28, no. 5 (July 2003): 837–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0306-4603(02)00258-7.
Zinn S, Bosworth HB, Edwards CL, Logue PE, Swartzwelder HS. Performance of recently detoxified patients with alcoholism on a neuropsychological screening test. Addict Behav. 2003 Jul;28(5):837–49.
Zinn, Sandra, et al. “Performance of recently detoxified patients with alcoholism on a neuropsychological screening test.Addict Behav, vol. 28, no. 5, July 2003, pp. 837–49. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0306-4603(02)00258-7.
Zinn S, Bosworth HB, Edwards CL, Logue PE, Swartzwelder HS. Performance of recently detoxified patients with alcoholism on a neuropsychological screening test. Addict Behav. 2003 Jul;28(5):837–849.
Journal cover image

Published In

Addict Behav

DOI

ISSN

0306-4603

Publication Date

July 2003

Volume

28

Issue

5

Start / End Page

837 / 849

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Substance Abuse
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cognition Disorders
  • Alcoholism
  • Aged, 80 and over