Original scientific paper
Is the outcome of alcohol dependence treatment related to intelligence of patients?
Aleš Friedl
; Public health Psychiatric Hospital Ormož, Ormož, Slovenia, Damjan Fajhtinger CRI Celje d.o.o. REHA services Celje, Slovenia
Abstract
Among all diseases, the incidence of alcohol dependence in
most developed countries is in the 3rd place. Alcohol dependence is characterized
by a group of behavioral, cognitive and physiological phenomena
that have many negative effects on an individual’s psychological well-being
and physical condition. Through the process of inpatient care, the patients
are trying to establish abstinence. Since the successful completion of
inpatient care does not necessarily mean effective cessation of alcohol
abuse, in our study, we have tried to find out whether patients who succeeded
to maintain the abstinence differ from those who failed regarding
their intelligence. The study included 42 patients who were divided into
»successful« (N = 28) and »failure« (N = 14) group. In the »successful«
group were patients who succeeded to maintain abstinence after the hospital
discharge. We have found that »successful« and »failure« group did not
differ neither in verbal and non-verbal ability nor in the full level of intelligence
quotient (IQ).
Keywords
alcohol dependence syndrome; treatment; abstinence; intelligence; reaction time
Hrčak ID:
136735
URI
Publication date:
15.7.2014.
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