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Journal of Substance Use | 2018

Assessment of neurocognitive disorder in studies of cognitive impairment due to substance use disorder: A systematic review

Aldebarán Toledo-Fernández; Aliza Brzezinski-Rittner; Carlos Roncero; Corina Benjet; Judith Salvador-Cruz; Rodrigo Marín-Navarrete

ABSTRACT Background: Cognitive impairments induced by substance use disorders (SUDs) are broadly documented. Evidence for these effects ought to be considered with regard to the new classification of neurocognitive disorders (NCDs). Failing to assess diagnostic criteria for NCD could be a limitation of studies addressing the effects of SUDs on cognition, resulting in misdiagnosis and inaccurate prevalence estimation. Methods: A systematic search of original articles (2000–2016) was conducted in Web of Knowledge and Science Direct. Key terms were: NCD and associated terms, and SUDs or alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and inhalants. Results: 59 cross-sectional and five prospective studies were reviewed. Criterion A.1 (evaluation of subjective concern of cognitive decline relative to a baseline), and criterion B (evaluation of impairment in daily life activities due to cognitive impairment) were not effectively evaluated in any of the studies. All studies addressed criterion A.2 (objective evidence of cognitive decline) via heterogeneous neuropsychological testing. Criteria C (absence of delirium) and D (absence of other possible etiologies) were frequently considered for control of confounding effects, mostly via methodological procedures (e.g. abstinence before evaluation, and exclusion of participants with comorbid disorders). Conclusion: These findings highlight the need to develop and disseminate standard procedures for assessment of substance-induced NCD.


Acta Colombiana de Psicología | 2015

POSITIVE IMPACT OF SPEECH THERAPY IN PROGRESSIVE NON-FLUENT APHASIA

Paola Andrade-Calderón; Judith Salvador-Cruz; Ana Luisa Sosa-Ortiz

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of intensive speech therapy intervention in a case of progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA). This is a dementia syndrome characterized by a progressive deficit in expressive language fluency and syntactic analysis, and by agrammatism and phonemic paraphasias. Although in the early stages there are no alterations in memory, comprehension, or visual processing, personality changes can slightly occur. To analyze the effects of speech therapy in this syndrome, a single case design with pre- and post-test was used. The participant was a male patient of 84 years with PNFA, who for twelve months received weekly speech therapy to stimulate the phonological, lexical and syntactic processing. He underwent neuropsychological assessment in three stages: six months before the onset of therapy, six months after therapy started and after completing 12 months of intervention. Assessment involved linguistic processing, general cognition, neuropsychiatric symptoms, quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADL). As a result of therapy, the patient showed a slight improvement in language prosody, fluency, and content of spontaneous speech, and a significant improvement in repetition, reading aloud, and oral-phonatory praxis. Other aspects of cognitive functioning (orientation, verbal naming, praxis, and memory) remained stable; ADLs and QOL improved. It is concluded that prolonged speech therapy can improve language processing and have a positive impact on other cognitive and socio-emotional processes in PNFA. This 12-month therapeutic stimulation not only slowed cognitive decline, but allowed to see maintenance of achievements and improvement of symptoms, which can be regarded as a success in PNFA treatment, considering the rapid progression of the disease.


Salud Mental | 2015

Exploración de las propiedades psicométricas de la Batería Montreal de Evaluación de Amusia en una muestra de sujetos con epilepsia de lóbulo temporal

Aldebarán Toledo-Fernández; Judith Salvador-Cruz

Background. The Montreal Battery of Evaluation of Amusia (MBEA) is a newly developed instrument to assess music perception and memory, associated to temporal lobe functioning. The non-symptomatic temporal lobe epilepsy is a prevalent condition in Mexico, and it gives an opportunity to test the MBEA, considering the fact that epileptic seizures can cause neuropsychological impairment according to lobar localization and hemispherical lateralization of the epileptogenic foci. Objective. To explore the psychometric and diagnostic properties of the MBEA. Method. Two non-probabilistic samples of 31 control subjects and 22 cases with non-symptomatic temporal lobe epilepsy were assessed with the MBEA. Data from the original validation were used to compare with the control group. Results. Analysis with t test showed significantly lower performances in the case group relative to controls, and a general lower performance of controls compared to the norm. There was no significant difference in performance between cases with left epileptogenic foci and cases with right epileptogenic foci. ROC curve analysis showed questionable properties of sensitivity and specificity in the MBEA. Discussion and conclusion. Impairments in music perception were found in cases, although theoretical inconsistences with respect to relation between impaired functions were also detected. The performance of the control group relative to the norm aims to the continuation of the validation process, considering cultural differences. The MBEA seems to be a poor measure in terms of sensibility and specificity for the detection of amusic impairments in subjects with non-symptomatic temporal lobe epilepsy, and its utility for determining hemispheric lateralization of epileptogenic foci remains uncertain.


Acta Colombiana de Psicología | 2015

IMPACTO POSITIVO DE LA TERAPIA DEL LENGUAJE EN AFASIA PROGRESIVA NO FLUENTE

Paola Andrade-Calderón; Judith Salvador-Cruz; Ana Luisa Sosa-Ortiz

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of intensive speech therapy intervention in a case of progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA). This is a dementia syndrome characterized by a progressive deficit in expressive language fluency and syntactic analysis, and by agrammatism and phonemic paraphasias. Although in the early stages there are no alterations in memory, comprehension, or visual processing, personality changes can slightly occur. To analyze the effects of speech therapy in this syndrome, a single case design with pre- and post-test was used. The participant was a male patient of 84 years with PNFA, who for twelve months received weekly speech therapy to stimulate the phonological, lexical and syntactic processing. He underwent neuropsychological assessment in three stages: six months before the onset of therapy, six months after therapy started and after completing 12 months of intervention. Assessment involved linguistic processing, general cognition, neuropsychiatric symptoms, quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADL). As a result of therapy, the patient showed a slight improvement in language prosody, fluency, and content of spontaneous speech, and a significant improvement in repetition, reading aloud, and oral-phonatory praxis. Other aspects of cognitive functioning (orientation, verbal naming, praxis, and memory) remained stable; ADLs and QOL improved. It is concluded that prolonged speech therapy can improve language processing and have a positive impact on other cognitive and socio-emotional processes in PNFA. This 12-month therapeutic stimulation not only slowed cognitive decline, but allowed to see maintenance of achievements and improvement of symptoms, which can be regarded as a success in PNFA treatment, considering the rapid progression of the disease.


Acta Colombiana de Psicología | 2015

IMPACTO POSITIVO DA TERAPIA DA LINGUAGEM EM AFASIA PROGRESSIVA NÃO FLUENTE

Paola Andrade-Calderón; Judith Salvador-Cruz; Ana Luisa Sosa-Ortiz

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of intensive speech therapy intervention in a case of progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA). This is a dementia syndrome characterized by a progressive deficit in expressive language fluency and syntactic analysis, and by agrammatism and phonemic paraphasias. Although in the early stages there are no alterations in memory, comprehension, or visual processing, personality changes can slightly occur. To analyze the effects of speech therapy in this syndrome, a single case design with pre- and post-test was used. The participant was a male patient of 84 years with PNFA, who for twelve months received weekly speech therapy to stimulate the phonological, lexical and syntactic processing. He underwent neuropsychological assessment in three stages: six months before the onset of therapy, six months after therapy started and after completing 12 months of intervention. Assessment involved linguistic processing, general cognition, neuropsychiatric symptoms, quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADL). As a result of therapy, the patient showed a slight improvement in language prosody, fluency, and content of spontaneous speech, and a significant improvement in repetition, reading aloud, and oral-phonatory praxis. Other aspects of cognitive functioning (orientation, verbal naming, praxis, and memory) remained stable; ADLs and QOL improved. It is concluded that prolonged speech therapy can improve language processing and have a positive impact on other cognitive and socio-emotional processes in PNFA. This 12-month therapeutic stimulation not only slowed cognitive decline, but allowed to see maintenance of achievements and improvement of symptoms, which can be regarded as a success in PNFA treatment, considering the rapid progression of the disease.


Acta Colombiana de Psicología, Vol. 17, no. 2 (jul.-dic. 2014); p. 43-52 | 2014

ALTERACIONES NEUROPSICOLÓGICAS ASOCIADAS EN PACIENTES CON INFARTO LACUNAR

Luis I. Ledesma-Amaya; Judith Salvador-Cruz; Yaneth Rodríguez-Agudelo; Matilde Valencia-Flores; Antonio Arauz

There is little evidence of cognitive impairment to define the profile of patients with Lacunar Infarction (IL). The purpose of this study was to identify the neuropsychological disorders in these patients. The sample consisted of 16 patients with IL and 16 healthy control participants with an average age of 63 ± 9.41 and 64.75 ± 9.06 years, and average schooling of 7.55 ± 4.34 and 7.94 ± 3.51, respectively. Cognitive function was assessed using a screening tool and a neuropsychological battery. Statistical analysis was carried out by the Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests. Patients with IL are characterized by the alteration of domains such as planning, verbal fluency, attention switching, visoconstructive skill and information processing speed (p <0.050). The IL is related to the impairment of executive functioning and processing speed, due to the interruption of frontocortico-subcortical circuits associated with their proper performance.


Acta Colombiana de Psicología | 2014

ALTERAÇÕES NEUROPSICOLÓGICAS ASSOCIADAS EM PACIENTES COM ENFARTE LACUNAR

Luis I. Ledesma-Amaya; Judith Salvador-Cruz; Yaneth Rodríguez-Agudelo; Matilde Valencia-Flores; Antonio Arauz

There is little evidence of cognitive impairment to define the profile of patients with Lacunar Infarction (IL). The purpose of this study was to identify the neuropsychological disorders in these patients. The sample consisted of 16 patients with IL and 16 healthy control participants with an average age of 63 ± 9.41 and 64.75 ± 9.06 years, and average schooling of 7.55 ± 4.34 and 7.94 ± 3.51, respectively. Cognitive function was assessed using a screening tool and a neuropsychological battery. Statistical analysis was carried out by the Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests. Patients with IL are characterized by the alteration of domains such as planning, verbal fluency, attention switching, visoconstructive skill and information processing speed (p <0.050). The IL is related to the impairment of executive functioning and processing speed, due to the interruption of frontocortico-subcortical circuits associated with their proper performance.


Acta Colombiana de Psicología | 2014

NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH PATIENTS WITH LACUNAR INFARCT

Luis I. Ledesma-Amaya; Judith Salvador-Cruz; Yaneth Rodríguez-Agudelo; Matilde Valencia-Flores; Antonio Arauz

There is little evidence of cognitive impairment to define the profile of patients with Lacunar Infarction (IL). The purpose of this study was to identify the neuropsychological disorders in these patients. The sample consisted of 16 patients with IL and 16 healthy control participants with an average age of 63 ± 9.41 and 64.75 ± 9.06 years, and average schooling of 7.55 ± 4.34 and 7.94 ± 3.51, respectively. Cognitive function was assessed using a screening tool and a neuropsychological battery. Statistical analysis was carried out by the Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests. Patients with IL are characterized by the alteration of domains such as planning, verbal fluency, attention switching, visoconstructive skill and information processing speed (p <0.050). The IL is related to the impairment of executive functioning and processing speed, due to the interruption of frontocortico-subcortical circuits associated with their proper performance.


Spanish Journal of Psychology | 2009

Visoconstructive Deficits and Risk of Developing Eating Disorders

Nayelli Alvarado-Sánchez; Cecilia Silva-Gutiérrez; Judith Salvador-Cruz


Studia Psychologica | 2018

Validity of the Montreal Battery of Evaluation of Amusia: An Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling

Aldebarán Toledo-Fernández; Leonor García-Gómez; Luis Villalobos-Gallegos; Judith Salvador-Cruz

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Aldebarán Toledo-Fernández

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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Ana Luisa Sosa-Ortiz

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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Antonio Arauz

University of Guadalajara

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Luis I. Ledesma-Amaya

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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Paola Andrade-Calderón

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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Cecilia Silva-Gutiérrez

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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José Horacio Tovalin-Ahumada

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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Lilia Mestas

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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Luis Villalobos-Gallegos

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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Marlene Rodríguez-Martínez

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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