Neuropsychological performance of South African treatment-naïve adolescents with alcohol dependence

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 8-14

  Ferrett, Helen L ^a   Carey, Paul D ^a   Thomas, Kevin G F ^b   Tapert, Susan F ^c   Fein, George ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Neurobehavioral Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; Health effects; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VERBAL LEARNING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77953701394     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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