Open AccessAddictiveness as a risk factor for verbal memory deficit in schizophrenia: a case-control study
Author(s) -
Sonia López-Lorenzo,
Natalia Jimeno Bulnes,
Martín L. Vargas-Aragón
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista española de drogodependencias/revista española de drogodependencias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2341-1759
pISSN - 0213-7615
DOI - 10.54108/red.2021.46.03.004
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , verbal memory , cognition , psychosis , comorbidity , memory impairment , psychiatry , addiction , cognitive deficit , clinical psychology , cognitive impairment
Cognitive deficit is one of the main prognostic predictors in schizophrenia, mainly the deficit inverbal memory. The causal relationship between substances use, substance use disorders andpsychotic syndrome is probably multidirectional and still is under the possible effect of confusionfactors. The Addictiveness in the Psychotic Syndrome Assessment Scale (APSAS) evaluates in aglobal mode the dimension of adictivity taking in account all these factors: beginning, frequency,length, and intensity. The objective of the study is to know if the dimension of adictivity isassociated to memory disorders. A group of psychotic subjects with memory deficits (n =47) and a control group of psychotic subjects without memory deficits (n = 58) are comparedobtaining a major adictivity in the first group. According to our results, the score of APSAS >55 indicates possible memory deficits. This measuring can provide relevant information on theactual state, evolution and prognose of patients with comorbidity of psychosis and addiction.