Alcohol is a psychoactive substance consumed worldwide and directly responsible or at
least contributing to the development of diseases such as alcohol use disorder (AUD) …

Chronic and excessive alcohol consumption can cause widespread structural and functional
brain damage. However, this damage is not diffuse and predominantly affects specific …

Chronic excessive alcohol consumption induces cognitive impairments mainly affecting
executive functions, episodic memory, and visuospatial capacities related to multiple brain …

Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) represent a severe, world-wide problem, and are usually
comorbid with psychiatric disorders, comorbidity increases the risks associated with AUDs …

Long-term chronic alcoholism is associated with disparate and widespread residual
consequences for brain functioning and behavior, and alcoholics suffer a variety of cognitive …

The effects of alcoholism on cognitive and motor functioning are heterogeneous. While the
role of some factors (patterns of alcohol consumption, eating habits or associated liver …

Alcohol-related cognitive impairments are largely underestimated in clinical practice, even
though they could limit the benefit of alcohol treatment and hamper the patient's ability to …

Excessive alcohol use is associated with a wide range of physical, psychological and social
consequences, and is responsible for a significant proportion of the burden of disease …

Chronic excessive alcohol consumption induces multiple brain damages. Secondary
cognitive disorders include executive functions, episodic memory and visuospatial …

This chapter offers a review and synthesis of evidence on alcohol-related brain damage and
cognitive impairments. Patients with alcohol use disorder present deficits of attention …