Polysubstance dependent patients display a more utilitarian profile in moral decision-making than alcohol-dependent patients, depressive patients and controls

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 434-440

  Kornreich, Charles ^a   Brevers, Damien ^a   Ermer, Elsa ^b   Hanak, Catherine ^a   Verbanck, Paul ^a   Campanella, Salvatore ^a   Noël, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Decision making; Iowa Gambling Task; Moral dilemmas; Polysubstance dependent; Utilitarian choices; Ventro medial prefrontal cortex; VMPFC

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IOWA GAMBLING TASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRO MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ALCOHOL; DECISION MAKING; IOWA GAMBLING TASK; MORAL DILEMMAS; POLYSUBSTANCE DEPENDENT; UTILITARIAN CHOICES; VENTRO-MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VMPFC;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ETHICAL THEORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; REACTION TIME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84883556280     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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