Características neuropsicológicas de los sujetos de alto riesgo al alcoholismo: en busca de marcadores de vulnerabilidad familiar
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Este trabajo revisa los estudios de alto riesgo al alcoholismo que
han examinado las características neuropsicológicas de los hijos de alcohólicos
con el fin de profundizar en la vulnerabilidad familiar a este trastorno.
Los resultados más consistentes provienen de los estudios con
muestras en edad infantil o adolescente. En ellos se observa que los hijos
de alcohólicos, especialmente aquellos con antecedentes de las formas
más severas del trastorno, manifiestan diferencias en determinadas áreas
de funcionamiento cognitivo frente a sujetos sin historia familiar de alcoholismo.
Las diferencias de rendimiento se manifiestan en aquellas tareas
que exploran la atención y las habilidades visoespaciales y frontales
This article reviews studies of high risk of alcoholism which have examined neuropsychological characteristics in children of alcoholics, with the aim of examining family vulnerability to this disorder. The most consistent results come from studies with young children of alcoholics; they reveal differences in specific areas of cognitive functioning between children with and without a family history of alcoholism, particularly when alcoholic fathers manifest severe forms of the disorder. The differences are observed in the perfomance of attentional, visuospatial and frontal tests
This article reviews studies of high risk of alcoholism which have examined neuropsychological characteristics in children of alcoholics, with the aim of examining family vulnerability to this disorder. The most consistent results come from studies with young children of alcoholics; they reveal differences in specific areas of cognitive functioning between children with and without a family history of alcoholism, particularly when alcoholic fathers manifest severe forms of the disorder. The differences are observed in the perfomance of attentional, visuospatial and frontal tests
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