Cognitive dysfunction and aging among male alcoholics and social drinkers
| Autor: | Ronald D. Page, Mary F Cleveland |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
| Předmět: |
Senescence
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Aging Alcohol Drinking Medicine (miscellaneous) Toxicology Borderline intellectual functioning mental disorders medicine Humans Psychiatry Social Behavior Aged Intelligence Tests Intelligence quotient Subject Age Thought disorder Neuropsychology Age Factors Wechsler Scales Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Cognition Middle Aged Psychiatry and Mental health Alcoholism medicine.symptom Psychology Cognition Disorders |
| Zdroj: | Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. 11(4) |
| ISSN: | 0145-6008 |
| Popis: | The relationship between aging and various drinking styles was examined. Four age groups (25-34, 35-44, 45-54, and 55-65 years) and four drinking styles (nondrinkers, social drinkers, alcoholics, and abstinent alcoholics) were compared. A battery of eight neuropsychological tests was administered to 322 men; 72 nondrinkers, 100 social drinkers, 58 abstinent alcoholics, and 92 alcoholics. Cognitive dysfunction related to aging was found to be a more significant factor than decline with alcohol use. Cognitive dysfunction associated with alcohol use was significant for three Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale subtests; Vocabulary, Digit Symbol and Block Design. Alcohol-related differences in intellectual functioning tended to diminish with increasing subject age. |
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