Effects of Opioid Dependence on Visuospatial Memory and Its Associations With Depression and Anxiety.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The cognitive impact of opioid dependence is rarely measured systematically in everyday clinical practice even though both patients and clinicians accept that cognitive symptoms often occur in the opioid-dependent population. There are only a few publications which utilized computerized neuropsychological tests to assess possible impairments of visuospatial memory in opioid-dependent individuals either receiving opioid replacement therapy (ORT) or during subsequent short-term abstinence and the effects of anxiety and depression. Methods: We assessed a cohort of 102 participants, comprising i) a stable opioid-dependent group receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) (n = 22), ii) a stable opioid-dependent group receiving buprenorphine (BMT) (n = 20), iii) a current absti

SUBMITTER: Tolomeo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6820290 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature