Ecological assessment of executive functions in substance dependent individuals

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-55

  Verdejo García, Antonio ^a   Pérez García, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Ecological validity; Effect size; Everyday functioning; Executive functions; Neuropsychological tests; Poly substance abuse; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DYSEXECUTIVE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

EID: 34250641909     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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