title: The first year after treatment: factors affecting time course of reversibility of memory and learning deficits in alcoholism.
abstract: Ninety-two alcoholics admitted to the Tayside Area Alcoholism Unit in East Scotland were examined on four tests of memory and learning two weeks after cessation of drinking. Sixty-two were re-examined at four weeks, forty-one at eight weeks, thirty-five at six months and thirty-two at one year after initial abstinence, although some resumed drinking. There was a significant improvement in testing results over the year following treatment, greatest in the period from four to twenty-six weeks. Improvement was most marked in the patients who remained abstinent or almost abstinent and in those not malnourished at admission.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors