Cognitive functioning and length of abstinence in polysubstance dependent men

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-258

  Medina, Krista Lisdahl ^a   Shear, Paula K ^a   Schafer, John ^a   Armstrong, Tisha Gangopadhyay ^a   Dyer, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Cognitive ability; Neuropsychology; Polydrug; Polysubstance; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 1542298980     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(03)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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