Alcohol related cognitive impairments - Cognitive impairments
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Which 4 patterns of cognitive impairment are identified in people with AUD?
- Impaired executive functions with spared intelligence and memory
- combined executive impairments and memory deficits with spared intelligence
- global cognitive deterioration
- unimpaired cognitive capabilities
What is the continuity hypothesis?
- social drinkers --> alcoholics --> cognitive deterioration
- brain damage of overconsuption can not be compared to that of korsakoff's syndrome
What is one of the most prominent differences between AUD and Korsakoff's syndrome?
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What symptoms characterize alcohol related dementia? (ARD)
- Memory deficits
- intellectual functioning
- interference with normal daily functioning
- can be attributed to the toxic effects of alcohol on the brain
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