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Neurocognitive impairment in alcoholics: review and comparison with cognitive impairment due to AIDS.

Adv Alcohol Subst Abuse. 1987;7(2):107-16. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/88206987
Pohl MI; Pride Institute, Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Abstract: This review indicates that cognitive dysfunction and dementia, specifically caused by chronic alcohol use, consist of subtle changes in cognition which are easily missed and/or forgotten. The nature of the dysfunction and specific neuropsychiatric and neurodiagnostic tests will be reviewed. There are important treatment implications regarding these subtle changes in mental function. Treatment implications will also be summarized. Finally, a comparison will be made between the cognitive impairment experience by patients with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome from that experienced by alcoholics.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY Alcoholism/*PSYCHOLOGY Human *Neuropsychological Tests Organic Mental Disorders/*PSYCHOLOGY Organic Mental Disorders, Substance-Induced/*PSYCHOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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