Abstract

RODRIGUES, Sónia et al. Neuropsychological profile of users with substance related disorders. Psic., Saúde & Doenças [online]. 2022, vol.23, n.3, pp.892-905.  Epub Dec 31, 2022. ISSN 1645-0086.  https://doi.org/10.15309/22psd230325.

Psychoactive drug use is related to the deterioration of neuropsychological functions, with attention, memory and executive functions being the most affected. Clinical functionality is also compromised, resulting in lower participation and treatment implication, enhancing relapse and / or dropout rate of treatment programs. A battery of neuropsychological and clinical tests was applied to a sample of 31 users of assistive care devices for addictive behaviors and addictions of ARS Norte, I.P. The aim of this study is to describe cognitive and executive neuropsychological changes, as perceived symptoms in a sample of users with substance related disorders. The results reflect a neuropsychological performance indicative of reduced psychomotor, reader and visuospatial processing speed, deficits in sustained, selective and alternating attention subprocesses, and difficulties in executive decision making, inhibition and change and clinical manifestations of obsessions / compulsions, phobic anxiety, psychoticism and paranoid ideation.

Keywords : Neuropsychology; Cognition; Executive functions; Psychoactive substances; Neuropsychologic evaluation.

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