ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, HEAD INJURY AND MEMORY IMPAIRMENT

In a follow-up of 52 alcoholic head injured patients for a period of 18 months, 14 patients were found to abstain from alcohol totally. The rest resumed alcohol consumption between three and six months. Leaving out three patients with other complications. 11 patients in the abstainer group were comp...

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Autores principales: Sabhesan, S., Arumugham, R., Natarajan, M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1990
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927468
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description In a follow-up of 52 alcoholic head injured patients for a period of 18 months, 14 patients were found to abstain from alcohol totally. The rest resumed alcohol consumption between three and six months. Leaving out three patients with other complications. 11 patients in the abstainer group were compared with equivalent groups of persistent abusers, and non-alcoholic head injured patients, using PG1 Memory Scali. The performance of the groups ^indicated that persistent abusers wire the poorest and that abstinence were followed by welcome change in memory. Qualitative analysis of the results and their implications for the rehabilitation of the alcoholic head injured patient are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-29901772011-09-16 ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, HEAD INJURY AND MEMORY IMPAIRMENT Sabhesan, S. Arumugham, R. Natarajan, M. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article In a follow-up of 52 alcoholic head injured patients for a period of 18 months, 14 patients were found to abstain from alcohol totally. The rest resumed alcohol consumption between three and six months. Leaving out three patients with other complications. 11 patients in the abstainer group were compared with equivalent groups of persistent abusers, and non-alcoholic head injured patients, using PG1 Memory Scali. The performance of the groups ^indicated that persistent abusers wire the poorest and that abstinence were followed by welcome change in memory. Qualitative analysis of the results and their implications for the rehabilitation of the alcoholic head injured patient are discussed. Medknow Publications 1990 /pmc/articles/PMC2990177/ /pubmed/21927468 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, HEAD INJURY AND MEMORY IMPAIRMENT
title ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, HEAD INJURY AND MEMORY IMPAIRMENT
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title_short ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, HEAD INJURY AND MEMORY IMPAIRMENT
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