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Emmanuel Streel1, Valérie Antoniali, Salvatore Campanella
1Université Libre de Bruxelles, Service de Psychiatrie, Clinique d'Alcoologie & Toxicomanies, Brussels, Belgium.
Abstract:
Many studies have brought to light the facts that repeated use of drugs significantly influences one's cognitive functions, and that cognitive problems could interfere directly with one's capacity to participate in a rehabilitation program. In this research, we used the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) to assess the cognitive status of 101 hospitalized patients in an opiate detoxification program. The results reveal that a majority of the tested patients present cognitive abnormalities to varying degrees of severity. Furthermore, these cognitive deficits are correlated with four Addiction Severity Index (ASI) scales (medical, alcohol use, drug use, and psychiatry, respectively). Considering the results, because cognition is a major issue in detoxification and rehabilitation programs, simple cognitive screening (as with the GDS) coupled with a particular interest in some aspects of a patient's anamnesis could lead to better management of opiate-dependent patients.
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