The impact of cognitive impairment and impulsivity on relapse of alcohol-dependent patients: implications for psychotherapeutic treatment

Addiction Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 873-884

  Czapla, Marta ^a   Simon, Joe J ^a   Richter, Barbara ^b   Kluge, Matthias ^b   Friederich, Hans Christoph ^a   Herpertz, Stephan ^c   Mann, Karl ^d   Herpertz, Sabine C ^a   Loeber, Sabine ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of General Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d Central Institute of Mental Health   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; go no go task; incentive salience; relapse; response inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84975046578     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12229     Document Type: Article

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