Executive function in alcohol use disorder with low psychiatric comorbidity: Comparison with a non-clinical sample and predictive value for treatment outcome
Stina Ingesson-Hammarberg, Maria Å. Garke, Lotfi Khemiri, Anders Hammarberg, Nitya Jayaram-Lindström · 2026
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Stina Ingesson-Hammarberg and four co-authors tested in 2026 thinking skills in 147 adults with moderate alcohol use disorder and few other psychiatric problems. Earlier studies, drawn from severe cases, link the disorder with weak planning, attention and control. This group took eight standard tests before treatment at Stockholm clinics. A non-clinical group of 72 took the same battery for comparison.
The patients scored no worse than the comparison group on any test. Their scores also failed to predict who would cut drinking by twelve or twenty-six weeks. The authors conclude that in moderate cases like these, executive function is intact and not a useful forecast of outcome. They urge replication in groups with other backgrounds and with other test methods. The result trims a common assumption in addiction care.
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| CREATOR | Stina Ingesson-Hammarberg, Maria Å. Garke, Lotfi Khemiri, Anders Hammarberg, Nitya Jayaram-Lindström |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |