Psychiatric comorbidities associated with a positive screening using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test in subjects with severe alcohol use disorder

Severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD) has been associated with widespread cognitive deficits (Stavro et al., 2013), which may affect at least half of SAUD patients (Alarcon et al., 2015; Fein et al., 1990; Martin et al., 1986), impair the efficacy of therapeutic interventions (Bernardin et al., 2014; Copersino et al., 2012) and contribute to dropout and relapse (Czapla et al., 2016; Durazzo et al., 2008; No ël et al., 2002; Parsons, 1994; Rupp et al., 2016). Several screening tools have been proposed to identify these alterations in SAUD populations, particularly the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test (Nasreddine et al., 2005), a practical and useful tool for post-detoxification screening (Alar con et al., 2015; Ewert et al., 2018) and for assessing the longitudinal recovery process in subjects with SAUD (Pelletier et al., 2016).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - August 22, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Fabien D ’Hondt, Charles Lescut, Pierre Maurage, Olivier Menard, Bernard Gibour, Olivier Cottencin, Solène Montègue, Renaud Jardri, Benjamin Rolland Tags: Short communication Source Type: research