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ArticleAddictive behaviors2020

Impact of polysubstance use on social and non-affective cognitive performance among treatment-seeking individuals with alcohol use disorders.

Ben Lewis, Christian C Garcia, Riley Bohan, Sara Jo Nixon

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Article in Addictive behaviors, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  1. Anger and substance abuse: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ben LewisDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; Center for Addiction Research & Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. Electronic address: benlewis@ufl.edu.
Christian C GarciaDepartment of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; Center for Addiction Research & Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Riley BohanCenter for Addiction Research & Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Sara Jo NixonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; Center for Addiction Research & Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
University of Florida · US

Funding

Neurobehavioral & emotional deficits in male & female alcoholicsR01AA022456 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI NIXON, SARA JO · 2013 to 2016
$1.5M
Enhancing Recovery Outcomes in Alcohol Use Disorder: Cognitive Training as an Adjunct to TreatmentK01AA026893 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI LEWIS, BEN · 2018 to 2022
$729k
NIAAA NIH HHS K01 AA026893NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA022456
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIndividuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) display deficits across a range of cognitive processes. Decrements in social cognition may be particularly important for interpersonal functioning and post-treatment adaptation. Although social cognitive deficits are associated with chronic use of numerous substances, the role of polysubstance use in AUD-associated deficits remains largely unaddressed.

methodsCommunity volunteers (n = 49; 22 men) and inpatient treatment-seekers with AUD were administered neurocognitive tasks indexing emotion processing and non-affective cognitive functioning. Tasks included an emotion discrimination task, a working memory task with affective stimuli, a general face processing (control) task, two measures of executive function, and two measures of visual spatial function. AUD subgroups included individuals with no recent (6-month) polysubstance use (AUD-Only; n = 22; 15 men), and those with at least weekly use (Poly-SU; n = 22; 18 men).

resultsPoly-SU individuals evinced disadvantaged performance relative to other groups on the emotion discrimination task [ps ≤ 0.001], affective working memory task [ps ≤ 0.050], and two executive function measures [ps ≤ 0.051]. No differences were observed for visual spatial functioning [ps ≥ 0.498] or general face processing [ps ≥ 0.190]. No performance differences between AUD-Only and community volunteers were noted.

conclusionsResults extend the emerging literature exploring emotion processing in AUD and add to the established literature regarding cognitive deficits in this population. The data suggest that among individuals with AUD, those with polysubstance use may be particularly vulnerable to deficits in decoding emotional face content. The current work highlights the need to incorporate more nuanced and careful considerations of polysubstance use in the design and analysis for future investigations of alcohol-associated deficits in emotion processing.

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AlcoholismCognitionEmotionsExecutive FunctionHumansMaleMemory, Short-TermAlcohol use disorderEmotion processingFace processingPolysubstance useSocial cognition

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