Impaired memory for treatment-relevant information in inpatient men alcoholics.
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. in Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Vol. 45 (4) , 339-343
- https://doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1984.45.339
Abstract
Inpatient alcoholics (N = 54 men), nonhospitalized members of an Alcoholics Anonymous group (N = 15 men) and nonalcoholic inpatients (N = 10 men) were shown a 55-min film on alcoholism and were subsequently given memory tests for recall and recognition of information from the film. The performance of the impatient alcoholics was impaired relative to that of the controls. Alcoholics who were tested earlier in treatment performed worse than those tested 3 or more weeks after their last drink. Treatment-relevant information may not be well remembered by alcoholics until they have been in treatment for at least 2-3 wk.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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