title: [The "residual syndrome" in alcoholics after 5 years' abstinence].
abstract: Residual deficiency of brain performance in chronic alcoholics after a 5-year abstinency. Brain performance of a group of 43 chronic alcoholics abstinent since 5 years was tested. Some aspects of higher intellectual performance were found to be reduced as compared to a control population. The performance was also better than that of a group of chronic alcoholics abstinent for only one year. The residual deficiency of performance could be interpreted as a "functional psychosyndrome", resulting from chronic sensory deprivation on the base of the alcoholism.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D000647:Amnesia / Q000175:diagnosis; D001245:Association Learning; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
vernacular_title: Das "Residualsyndrom" bei Alkoholkranken nach 5jähriger Abstinenz