Historique
Périodique
Cognitive performance of current methamphetamine and cocaine abusers
(Performance cognitive d'usagers actuels de méthamphétamines et cocaïne)
Auteur(s) :
SIMON, S. L. ;
DOMIER, C. P. ;
SIM, T. ;
RICHARDSON, K. ;
RAWSON, R. A. ;
LING, W.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
61-74
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
31
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
METHAMPHETAMINE
;
COCAINE
;
STIMULANTS
;
USAGER
;
COMPARAISON
;
COGNITION
;
TEST
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
Note générale :
Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2002, 21, (1), 61-74, fig. ; tabl.
Résumé :
Forty currently using methamphetamine (MA) abusers, 40 currently using cocaine (COC) abusers, and 80 comparison participants who did not use psychostimulants received a cognitive battery and questionnaires covering medical history and stimulant use patterns. Forty comparison participants were matched to the 40 MA users on age, education, ethnicity, and gender. The other 40 comparison participants were matched to the cocaine users on the same variables. This design was chosen because there were significant differences in age and ethnicity between COC and MA users that precluded a direct comparison between the groups. The COC group was older and predominantly African American compared to the predominantly Caucasian MA group. When compaired to their matched non-using control groups, both MA and COC abusers were impaired on cognitive measures, but the type and degree of impairments were somewhat different. (Editor' s abstract)
Affiliation :
LAARC/MATRIX, Program of cognitive res., 9375 Archibald Ave., Suite 102, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.