Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 328-334 , December 2009

Measures of cognitive functioning as predictors of treatment outcome for cocaine dependence

  • Travis H. Turner, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
    • Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas St, Suite 307 Clinical Sciences Bldg, MSC 606, Charleston, SC 29425-6060, USA.
    • ,
  • Steven LaRowe, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
    • Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA
    • ,
  • Michael David Horner, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
    • Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA
    • ,
  • Janice Herron, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
    • ,
  • Robert Malcolm, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

Received 24 November 2008 ,Revised 4 March 2009 ,Accepted 15 March 2009.

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 This investigation was supported by National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Drug Abuse (RO1-DA11454).

PII: S0740-5472(09)00036-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2009.03.009

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 328-334 , December 2009

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