Neurotoxicity and neurocognitive impairments with alcohol and drug-use disorders: Potential roles in addiction and recovery

This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 RSA Meet ing in Denver, Colorado. The organisers/chairs were Stephen C. Bowden and F ulton T. Crews. The presentations were (1) Age, genetic and other factors t hat increase risk of alcoholism also increase alcohol-induced neurotoxicity , by Fulton T. Crews; (2) A neurocognitive moderation model of addictions t reatment response, by Marsha E. Bates; (3) The relationship of neurocogniti ve impairment and longitudinal treatment outcome among substance-abusing pa tients, by William Fals-Stewart; and (4) Treatment of cognition in detoxify ing alcohol-dependent participants, by Margaret L. Ambrose.