Jo Taylor, RN, BSc, Dip Psych, M Clin Psychol, is a psychologist at Calvary Hospital
Psychiatric Unit; Anne McGown, Rh, B4, Dip Psych, MA, Ed Doc, is a lecturerin the …

Objectives: To construct the social, neurological and neuropsychological profiles of patients
with suspected alcohol related brain damage, and to test the hypothesis that cognitive …

Alcohol related brain damage as seen in those with a long history of alcohol abuse at high
levels is almost always accompanied by severe medical complications. However, more …

Examines knowledge deficits faced by clinicians dealing with patients who have brain
damage as a result of a drinking problem. Topics discussed include screening and testing …

Alcohol‐related brain damage (ARBD) is a common and prognostically relevant
complication of alcohol dependence. Clinical sensitivity for ARBD by routine mental state …

Neuropsychological screening techniques first became popular in the 1940s and 1950s
when it was still believed that brain damage could be identified by some general …

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A short self-report instrument that could predict neuropsychological impairment in at-risk
patients would be advantageous to clinicians treating alcoholics. Seventy-three Veterans …

The potential negative impact of cognitive impairment on the treatment of recently detoxified
alcoholic inpatients has received increasing research attention. The usefulness of the …

Two samples of adequately detoxified hospital‐treated alcohol abusers were
neuropsychologically assessed for alcohol‐related cognitive impairment. Both groups …