Citation

Gottschalk LA, Eckardt MJ, Hoigaard-Martin JC, Gilbert RL, Wolf RJ, Johnson W. Subst. Alcohol Actions Misuse 1983; 4(1): 45-58.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Pergamon Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6623308

Abstract

The content analysis of five-minute speech samples obtained from detoxified chronic alcoholic patients is a valid test for measuring cognitive impairment during the course of treatment. Such cognitive impairment scores six months after hospital discharge can be predicted using the variables of age, educational level, certain drinking patterns and cognitive impairment scores at the time of hospital admission. Patients who abstain for six months following hospital discharge have less cognitive impairment than those patients who resume drinking.

Language: en