Substance abusers' self-awareness of the neurobehavioral consequences of addiction

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-180

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Addiction; Apathy; Awareness; Disinhibition; Executive dysfunction; Frontostriatal systems

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AWARENESS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 39649119658     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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