Neurocognitive deficits are associated with unemployment in chronic methamphetamine users

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 146-153

  Weber, Erica ^a   Blackstone, Kaitlin ^a   Iudicello, Jennfer E ^b   Morgan, Erin E ^b   Grant, Igor ^b   Moore, David J ^b   Woods, Steven Paul ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Employment; Functional status; Neuropsychological assessment; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHAMPHETAMINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84865005316     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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