title: Intellectual competence of alcoholics.
abstract: Alcoholic and psychiatric inpatients matched in age and education performed comparably on a battery of cognitive tests. The absence of impairment in the alcoholics is attributed to the relatively short duration of their alcoholism (mean, 7.2 years) and the nature of the tasks involved.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003071:Cognition; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors