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Intellectual impairment among recently abstinent alcohol abusers
Author(s) -
O'Mahony John F.,
Doherty Breid
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1996.tb01163.x
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , memory impairment , intellectual impairment , logical address , wechsler memory scale , cognitive impairment , developmental psychology , wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence , memory disorder , cognition , borderline intellectual functioning , visual memory , cognitive disorder , psychiatry , clinical psychology , wechsler intelligence scale for children , physical address , computer science , programming language , overlay
Two samples of adequately detoxified hospital‐treated alcohol abusers were neuropsychologically assessed for alcohol‐related cognitive impairment. Both groups manifested the commonly found impairments on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ( N = 50) and the Revised Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ( N = 44). In addition, an almost identical pattern of substantial impairment was found when both groups were examined by Russell's (1975, 1988) version of the logical memory and visual reproduction subtests of the Wechsler Memory Scale. A clear pattern of memory impairment for both verbal and non‐verbal memory was found.