Alcohol and cognitive impairment

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 304-313

  Jauhar, Sameer ^a   Jane Marshall, E ^b   Smith, Iain D ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GARTNAVEL ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MAGNESIUM; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; THIAMINE;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL RELATED BRAIN DAMAGE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRINKING; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LAW; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

EID: 84907051128     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: 14721481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.113.011981     Document Type: Review

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