Mood and attention variability in women with alcohol dependence: a preliminary investigation

The American Journal on Addictions
Rudy BowenMarilyn Baetz

Abstract

We compared women (n = 22) with alcohol dependence in an in-patient rehabilitation program at three weeks abstinence with student controls on mood scales and affect variability measured with a visual analogue scale. Patients also completed a measure of attention variability using a Continuous Performance Test. Fourteen of the patients met criteria for a bipolar spectrum disorder. Patients scored higher on mood scales and affect variability measures than controls. High and scared affect variability correlated with attention variability. This suggests that mood/cognitive dysregulation may be a component of alcohol dependence in women.

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Mar 7, 2012·Revista brasileira de psiquiatria : orgão oficial da Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria, Asociación Psiquiátrica de la América Latina·Felix KesslerFlavio Pechansky
Mar 17, 2015·Archives of Suicide Research : Official Journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research·Rudy BowenMarilyn Baetz
Apr 28, 2017·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Rudy BowenLloyd Balbuena

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