Cognitive deficits in women alcoholics as a function of gynecological status.
Compared with nonalcoholic controls, women alcoholics displayed cognitive deficits on verbal and nonverbal tasks. Although menstruating and nonmenstruating alcoholics performed similarly on verbal and nonverbal tasks, menstruating controls performed better than nonmenstruating controls on both tasks.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008593:Menopause; D008598:Menstruation; D011581:Psychological Tests