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Chunk #4 — The Participants and the Tests — Characteristics of the participants

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Profiles of impaired, spared, and recovered neuropsychologic processes in alcoholism.
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medical, neurological, and psychiatric conditions (Di Sclafani et al., 2007; Fama et al., 2009; Oscar-Berman et al., 2009; Charness, 2010; Sameti et al., 2011; Martin, 2013). Common comorbid medical complications are malnutrition, diseases of the liver and the cardiovascular system, HIV/AIDS, neurological conditions such as head injury and inflammation of the brain (encephalopathy), and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Common comorbid psychiatric conditions are depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and schizophrenia.