title: Cognitive functioning, family history of alcoholism, and antisocial behavior in female polydrug abusers.
abstract: Family history of alcoholism and antisocial behaviour had both independent and synergic negative relationships with abstract verbal reasoning for a group of 42 female polydrug abusers whose main drug was heroin. This finding suggests that the observed lower cognitive performance may reflect the family history of alcoholism or antisocial behaviour rather than just drug abuse and is consistent with theories predicting a relative deficiency in high language skill by persons with antisocial personality disorders.
authors.affiliation: Departament Psicología Clínica y Psicobiología, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs