title: Self-reported attention and mood symptoms in cocaine abusers: relationship to neurocognitive performance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the relationship between subjective measures of inattention/hyperactivity-impulsivity and mood and objective measures of neurocognitive function in cocaine users.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-four active cocaine users not seeking treatment (73 male, 21 female) were administered two self-report psychiatric measures (the ADHD Rating Scale - Fourth Edition; ARS-IV), and the Beck Depression Inventory - Second Edition; (BDI-II), and a battery of tests measuring attention, executive, psychomotor, visual and verbal learning, visuospatial, and language functions. Correlations between scores on the psychiatric measures (total and subscale) and the neurocognitive measures were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  While scores on the BDI-II and ARS-IV were correlated with each other (p<0.01), scores on both self-report measures were largely uncorrelated with neurocognitive test scores (p>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a minimal relationship between psychiatric measures that incorporate subjective assessment of cognitive function, and objective neurocognitive measures in nontreatment-seeking cocaine users, consistent with previous findings in other samples of substance users. This suggests that self-report measures may have limited utility as proxies for neurocognitive performance.
authors: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive #120, New York, NY 10032, United States; Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, United States.
authors: Elysia S
authors: ES
authors: Benedict
authors: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive #120, New York, NY 10032, United States.
authors: Ashley
authors: A
authors: Gorman
authors: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive #120, New York, NY 10032, United States.
authors: Wilfred
authors: W
authors: van Gorp
authors: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive #120, New York, NY 10032, United States.
authors: Richard W
authors: RW
authors: Foltin
authors: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive #120, New York, NY 10032, United States.
authors: Nehal P
authors: NP
authors: Vadhan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055030:Drug Users / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D057566:Self Report
keywords: ADHD; Comorbidity; Depression; Neuropsychology