TY - JOUR
T1 - Risky decision-making and the intensity of opioid drug dependency in early phase of methadone maintenance protocol
AU - Hassani-Abharian, Peyman
AU - Tabatabaei-Jafari, Hossein
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Several studies show positive effect of MMT on decision-making in substance dependents, but severity of the disorder has been ignored by most of them. This study used Iowa Gambling Task(IGT) to find correlation between severity of the disorders in early phase of MMT and risky decision-making inthree groups of subjects (mild, sever, control). The study shows no significant difference among groups in risky decision-making, which might be related to the effect of opioid on cognitive functions independent of the severity of the disorder, and stabilization in MMT can repair deficit in decision making shortly during the early phase.
AB - Several studies show positive effect of MMT on decision-making in substance dependents, but severity of the disorder has been ignored by most of them. This study used Iowa Gambling Task(IGT) to find correlation between severity of the disorders in early phase of MMT and risky decision-making inthree groups of subjects (mild, sever, control). The study shows no significant difference among groups in risky decision-making, which might be related to the effect of opioid on cognitive functions independent of the severity of the disorder, and stabilization in MMT can repair deficit in decision making shortly during the early phase.
KW - Addiction
KW - Decision making
KW - IGT
KW - Intensity of drug dependency
KW - MMT
KW - Opioid drug
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84855679000&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.337
DO - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.337
M3 - Conference article
SN - 1877-0428
VL - 30
SP - 1748
EP - 1751
JO - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
JF - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
T2 - 2nd World Conference on Psychology, Counselling and Guidance, WCPCG-2011
Y2 - 25 May 2011 through 29 May 2011
ER -