Background Alcoholism is known to be associated with cognitive deficits mainly concerning
visuospatial capacity, executive function, memory, and attention. These impairments may …

Reviews standardized assessment procedures used to measure cognition, methodological
issues, findings to date, implications of findings, and directions for future research to assist …

Background: The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status
(RBANS) is a brief, standardized cognitive screening instrument that assesses several …

OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate the ability of the Screen for Cognitive Impairment in
Psychiatry (SCIP-S) to discriminate between cognitively-impaired individuals and those with …

The aims of this study are (1) to study the prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders in a
clinical substance abuse population,(2) to asses the pre-and post-detoxification change in …

Objective: The authors used the Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental
Disorders for DSM-IV (PRISM-IV) to test the reliability of DSM-IV-defined disorders, including …

Our objective was to evaluate the utility of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in
both non-clinical and clinical populations. The MoCA, a tool used widely in clinical geriatric …

Cognitive impairment is a key feature in patients with psychotic disorders. The Montreal
Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a brief tool that has been shown to be effective in …

Substance abuse has been associated with cognitive dysfunction, such as problems with
attention, reasoning, and memory. Certain psychiatric disorders also have been associated …

Although it is recognized that significant cognitive deficits are inherent in many psychiatric
disorders, there is minimal research on whether the deficits can cause a failing score on …