The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine
Original Article

Cognitive Deficit Pattern of the Long-term Alcolics an the Recovery Phase

Kun Hoo Rhee, Young Sook Park
Corresponding author: Young Sook Park. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

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Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

This study was purported to examine the cognitive deficit pattern of the long-term alcoholics at the recovery phase. The alcoholic group performed significantly poorer than the control group on information, comprehension, arithmatic, similarities, digit span subscales and digit symbol, picture completion, block design, picture arrangement, object assembly subscales of Korean Wechsler Intelligence Scales. The alcoholic group revealed the short-term memory deficits by Wechsler Memory Scale on personal and current information, orientation, mental control, logical memory, digit span, visual representation, associative learning subscales.