An evaluation of the attentional functions in alcoholists with and without ADHD

Authors

  • Janaína Castro Núñez Carvalho Instituto Universitário- Escuela de Medicina del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
  • Nádia de Moura Kolling Centro de Psicoterapia Cognitivo-Comportamental - WP
  • Cristiane Ribeiro da Silva
  • Silvia Mendes da Cunha Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Christian Haag Kristensen Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul – Porto Alegre

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Abstract

This article investigates the attentional functions in alcoholics in relation to the variables presence of ADHD and time of abstinence. The sample was composed of 38 alcohol-dependent subjects. The instruments used were the Behavioral Questionnaire; Interview for ADHD according to the DSM-IV-TR; Trail-Making Test (parts A and B); Digit Span (forward and backward); d2 Test of Attention; and the Stroop Test. The test performance related to inhibitory behavior of the alcoholics with ADHD was significantly inferior to the performance of the non-ADHD group. It was also found that alcoholics with longer period of abstinence had better performance in the majority of the tests, indicating an improvement on the attentional functions associated with abstinence. Keywords: ADHD; alcoholism; attention; neuropsychological evaluation.

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Author Biographies

Janaína Castro Núñez Carvalho, Instituto Universitário- Escuela de Medicina del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Mestranda em neuropsicologia- Instituto Universitário Escuela de Medicina del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Nádia de Moura Kolling, Centro de Psicoterapia Cognitivo-Comportamental - WP

Graduada em Psicologia- UNISINOS, atualmente realiza especialização em terapia cognitivo-comportamental- Centro de Psicoterapia Cognitivo-Comportamental - WP.

Cristiane Ribeiro da Silva

Graduada em Psicologia- UNISINOS.

Silvia Mendes da Cunha, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Mestranda em Psicologia no Programa de Pós Graduação em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento-UFRGS.

Christian Haag Kristensen, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul – Porto Alegre

Doutor em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Professor e Pesquisador no Curso de Psicologia e no Programa de Pós-Graduação na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

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Published

2008-11-26

How to Cite

Núñez Carvalho, J. C., Kolling, N. de M., da Silva, C. R., da Cunha, S. M., & Kristensen, C. H. (2008). An evaluation of the attentional functions in alcoholists with and without ADHD. Psico, 39(3). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/3795

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Vol. 39 No. 3 (2008)

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