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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2020 Background To develop a Korsakoff-specific measure of quality of life (QoL), to be rated by professional caregivers, and to field-test its psychometric properties in a sample of patients with Korsakoff’s syndrome (KS) living in a specialized nursing home.
Peter M. ten Klooster +3 more
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Schizophrenia and the use of alcohol and other drugs: epidemiological profile [PDF]
Rev Rene, 2014 This study aimed at characterizing the social demographic and clinical profile of patients with schizophrenia and alcohol and other drugs addiction of a Center of Psychosocial Attention III of the Central-Western region of the State of Minas Gerais ...
Jássia Lopes Freitas da Silveira +4 more
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Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2022 Introduction: Alcohol consumption ranks among the top ten risk factors contributing to the global disease burden. Several international organizations recommend the use of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test to screen for at-risk drinkers ...
Diogo Phalempin Cardoso +6 more
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Socio-demographic and clinical profile of elderly people with depression and the use of psychoactive drugs [PDF]
Rev Rene, 2015 Objective: to know the socio-demographic and clinical profile of elderly patients with depressive disorders and the use of psychoactive drugs. Methods: it is a retrospective epidemiological study that analyzed 218 medical records of elderly patients in a
Luiza Cantão +5 more
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Pattern and severity of substance use in help-seeking adolescents of North-East Part of India
Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 2023 Background: Adolescence is a transitional phase between childhood and adulthood, in which both physical and psychological aspects are involved in the process of growth and development.
Anju Moni Rabha, Kamala Deka
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Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders in Bangladesh [PDF]
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2015 Background: This review was performed to evaluate the trend of alcohol use, characteristics of consumers, alcohol use disorders and toxic alcohol intoxications in Bangladesh.
Gourab Dewan, Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury
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A Review of Alcohol-Related Harms: A Recent Update [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2019 In the early decades of the 20th century, discussions regarding alcohol were dominantly directed toward itstherapeutic uses, but authorities now state that any level of alcohol consumption poses negative effects onhealth.
Abedin Iranpour, Nouzar Nakhaee
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DRINKING PATTERN AND ALCOHOL-RELATED MEDICAL DISORDERS [PDF]
Alcohol and Alcoholism, 1999 Although heavy alcohol intake is known to be one of the most common causative factors of liver disease, pancreatitis, upper gastrointestinal and neurological disorders, the influence of the drinking pattern is largely unknown. The study investigated the relationship of alcohol-related medical disorders in alcoholics and their drinking pattern.
Wetterling, Tilman +3 more
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Behavioral, Emotional and Social Apathy in Alcohol-Related Cognitive Disorders [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 Apathy is a fundamental neuropsychiatric symptom of Korsakoff’s syndrome (KS) and has also been reported in patients with alcohol use disorder with no (AUD) or less severe cognitive impairments (ARCI). However, research on the nature of apathy is limited in these groups. Aim of this study was to examine the multidimensional nature of apathy in patients
van Dorst, M.E.G. +4 more
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The health and social consequences of an alcohol related admission to critical care: a qualitative study [PDF]
, 2016 Objective: To examine the impact of critical care on future alcohol-related behaviour. Further, it aimed to explore patterns of recovery for patients with and without alcohol use disorders beyond the hospital environment.
Forrest, Ewan +4 more
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