title: Stability of psychological test results in newly admitted alcoholics.
abstract: Previous research has demonstrated that psychological test results of newly admitted alcoholics are not stable due to lingering alcohol toxicity. The present study (N = 40) demonstrated that a 10-day delay in testing is sufficient to obtain stable results on some psychological tests.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011604:Psychoses, Alcoholic / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology