Risky decision-making but not delay discounting improves during inpatient treatment of polysubstance dependent alcoholics

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  De Wilde, Bieke ^a,b   Bechara, Antoine ^c,d,e   Sabbe, Bernard ^b   Hulstijn, Wouter ^b,f   Dom, Geert ^a,b  

^a Psychiatrisch Centrum Broeders Alexianen   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Impulsivity; Iowa gambling task; Polysubstance dependence; Risky decision making; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING SKILLS TRAINING; DELAY DISCOUNTING TASK; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LOWA GAMBLING TASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT THERAPY; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84885336437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00091     Document Type: Article

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