Anxiety, depression, and behavioral symptoms of executive dysfunction in ecstasy users: Contributions of polydrug use
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Self-reports of executive dysfunction in current ecstasy/polydrug Users.
OBJECTIVES/BACKGROUND Ecstasy/polydrug users have exhibited deficits in executive functioning in laboratory tests. We sought to extend these findings by investigating the extent to which ecstasy/polydrug users manifest executive deficits in everyday life. METHODS Forty-two current ecstasy/polydrug users, 18 previous (abstinent for at least 6 months) ecstasy/polydrug users, and 50 non-users of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0376-8716
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.09.003