title: [Frontal symptoms, self-perceived stress, and subjective memory complaints in substance abusers].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Substance addiction is a public health problem considering that every day increases the number of individuals with problem drug use, in this sense it is interesting the study of neuropsychological variables to understand the nature of addiction, understanding that brain circuits are involved in the establishment, maintenance and rehabilitation of the same.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the influence of addiction on the frontal symptoms, self-perceived stress and subjective memory complaints, secondly, to analyze how these variables relate to people with addictions and finally, establish differences in them between addicts with and without subjective memory complaints.
  
  
  METHODS
  ISP, EEP-14 and MFE-30 instruments were applied to a sample of 115 substance abusers, and 115 people from non-clinical population, matched for age, sex and educational level.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant differences are evident between addicted to substances and non-clinical subjects in the emotional scale ISP and MFE-30, also in the clinical sample highly significant correlations between all scales are observed; Finally, among people with addictions who reported memory complaints and those who do not, significant differences are evident on all scales except for the self-perceived stress.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is considered necessary to take into account the levels of self-perceived stress, frontal symptoms and subjective memory complaints in substance abusers, because the executive, attentional and mnemonic problems may affect several variables in the process of treatment and rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Terán-Mendoza
authors.affiliation: Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Diayanny
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sira-Ramos
authors.affiliation: Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guerrero-Alcedo
authors.affiliation: Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arroyo-Alvarado
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D012649:Self Concept; D057566:Self Report; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D063189:Symptom Assessment; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult