Open AccessCognitive deficits in children of alcoholics: At risk before the first sip!
Author(s) -
Melvin Chagas Silva,
Vivek Benegal,
Manjula Devi,
C. R. Mukundan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.37319
Subject(s) - disinhibition , psychology , psychopathology , cognition , audiology , p3a , continuous performance task , developmental psychology , neuroscience , clinical psychology , event related potential , medicine
High family loading for alcoholism, early onset of alcohol use and childhood disinhibitory behaviors, persisting into adulthood, increase the susceptibility to alcoholism. At the psychophysiology level, reduced amplitude of the P300 component of the Evoked Response Potential is associated with externalizing psychopathology in children. Children of alcoholics have reduced P300 amplitudes. Preliminary data suggests a developmental lag phenomenon in the maturation of the P300.