The impact of alcohol-related words on automatic and controlled inhibitory functioning in alcohol-dependents with and without depression

Einleitung: This study aimed to investigate the impact of alcohol-related words on automatic and controlled inhibitory functioning in alcohol-dependents with and without depression compared to healthy controls. First, it was assumed that both groups of alcohol-dependents are more distracted by alcohol-related words than by negative words. Second, we expected alcohol-dependents with co-morbid depression to be more distracted by negative words than the other two study samples. Methode: Alcohol-dependents without comorbidity (Alc, n = 28) and alcohol-dependents with major depression (D-Alc, n = 28) as well as healt…