Neurocognitive impairment associated with alcohol use disorders: Implications for treatment

TY - JOUR

T1 - Neurocognitive impairment associated with alcohol use disorders

T2 - Implications for treatment

AU - Bates, Marsha E.

AU - Bowden, Stephen C.

AU - Barry, Danielle

PY - 2002/8

Y1 - 2002/8

N2 - Between 50% and 80% of individuals with alcohol use disorders experience mild to severe neurocognitive impairment. There is a strong clinical rationale that neurocognitive impairment is an important source of individual difference affecting many aspects of addiction treatment, but empirical tests of the direct influence of impairment on treatment outcome have yielded weak and inconsistent results. The authors address the schism between applied- theoretical perspectives and research evidence by suggesting alternative conceptual models of the relationship between neurocognitive impairment and addiction treatment outcome. Methods to promote neurocognitive recovery and ways in which addiction treatments may be modified to improve psychosocial adaptation are suggested. Specific suggestions for future research that may help clarify the complex relations between neurocognitive impairment and addiction treatment are outlined.

AB - Between 50% and 80% of individuals with alcohol use disorders experience mild to severe neurocognitive impairment. There is a strong clinical rationale that neurocognitive impairment is an important source of individual difference affecting many aspects of addiction treatment, but empirical tests of the direct influence of impairment on treatment outcome have yielded weak and inconsistent results. The authors address the schism between applied- theoretical perspectives and research evidence by suggesting alternative conceptual models of the relationship between neurocognitive impairment and addiction treatment outcome. Methods to promote neurocognitive recovery and ways in which addiction treatments may be modified to improve psychosocial adaptation are suggested. Specific suggestions for future research that may help clarify the complex relations between neurocognitive impairment and addiction treatment are outlined.

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U2 - 10.1037/1064-1297.10.3.193

DO - 10.1037/1064-1297.10.3.193

M3 - Review article

C2 - 12233981

SN - 1064-1297

VL - 10

SP - 193

EP - 212

JO - Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

JF - Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

IS - 3

ER -