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Deconstructing the nature of episodic foresight deficits associated with chronic opiate use

Deconstructing the nature of episodic foresight deficits associated with chronic opiate use British Journal of Clinical Psychology (2016), 55, 401–413 © 2016 The British Psychological Society www.wileyonlinelibrary.com Deconstructing the nature of episodic foresight deficits associated with chronic opiate use 1 1 2 Kimberly Mercuri *, Gill Terrett , Phoebe E. Bailey , 3 4 1 Julie D. Henry , Helen Valerie Curran and Peter G. Rendell School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia School of Social Sciences and Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, University College London, UK Objectives. Episodic foresight refers to the capacity to mentally travel forward in time and has been linked to a wide variety of important functional behaviours. Evidence has recently emerged that chronic opiate use is associated with deficits in this critical capacity and that these difficulties are not simply a secondary consequence of broader cognitive dysfunction. The current study aimed to better understand the circumstances in which chronic opiate users might be expected to have problems with episodic foresight, by addressing whether deficits reflect compromised scene construction, self-projection, or narrative ability. Methods. Thirty-five chronic opiate users and 35 demographically matched controls completed an imagination task in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png British Journal of Clinical Psychology Wiley

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 The British Psychological Society
ISSN
0144-6657
eISSN
2044-8260
DOI
10.1111/bjc.12110
pmid
26971561
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Abstract

British Journal of Clinical Psychology (2016), 55, 401–413 © 2016 The British Psychological Society www.wileyonlinelibrary.com Deconstructing the nature of episodic foresight deficits associated with chronic opiate use 1 1 2 Kimberly Mercuri *, Gill Terrett , Phoebe E. Bailey , 3 4 1 Julie D. Henry , Helen Valerie Curran and Peter G. Rendell School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia School of Social Sciences and Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, University College London, UK Objectives. Episodic foresight refers to the capacity to mentally travel forward in time and has been linked to a wide variety of important functional behaviours. Evidence has recently emerged that chronic opiate use is associated with deficits in this critical capacity and that these difficulties are not simply a secondary consequence of broader cognitive dysfunction. The current study aimed to better understand the circumstances in which chronic opiate users might be expected to have problems with episodic foresight, by addressing whether deficits reflect compromised scene construction, self-projection, or narrative ability. Methods. Thirty-five chronic opiate users and 35 demographically matched controls completed an imagination task in

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British Journal of Clinical PsychologyWiley

Published: Nov 1, 2016

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