Relation of denial of alcohol problems to neurocognitive impairment and depression.
Forty-six participants in an alcohol rehabilitation program were assessed to determine whether neuropsychological impairment was associated with a higher level of denial of alcohol-related problems and whether depressive symptoms were associated with a lower level of denial. Denial was measured based on the discrepancy between patients' rating of their alcohol-related problems on a visual analogue scale and a psychiatrist's rating. The neuropsychological functioning of the 15 patients in the group who denied alcohol problems was similar to that of the other patients. A modest inverse correlation was found between the level of depressive symptomatology and the level of denial.
Wiseman
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University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Little Rock, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales