Risk-Taking and Alcohol Use Disorders Symptomatology in a Sample of Problem Drinkers

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 361-370

  Ashenhurst, James R ^a   Jentsch, J David ^a   Ray, Lara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; BART; Decision making; Impulsivity; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 80054109399     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024412     Document Type: Article

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