The relationship of plasma cortisol level with processing speed and working memory in methamphetamine users

Authors

  • Bijan Pirnia 1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran 2 Behavioral Sciences Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8349-5736
  • Kambiz Pirnia Bijan Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Tehran, Iran
  • Ali Reza Pirkhaefi Department of Psychology, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran
  • Parastoo Malekanmehr Department of Clinical Psychology, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran
  • Alireza Zahiroddin Department of Psychiatry, Behavior Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22122/cdj.v7i2.420

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Pirnia B, Givi F, Roshan R, Pirnia K, Soleimani AA. The cortisol level and its relationship with depression, stress and anxiety indices in chronic methamphetamine-dependent patients and normal individuals undergoing inguinal hernia surgery. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2016; 30: 395.

Pirnia B, Janbozorg M, Pirnia K. Comparing the depression symptoms and gender differences in individuals dependent and independent to methamphetamine and the relation of these symptoms with plasma cortisol level, a cross-sectional study. Razi J Med Sci 2017; 24(6): 49-56. [In Persian].

Pirnia B, Pirnia K, Aghajanpoor M, Mardan F, Zahiroddin A. Relationship between function of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and executive functions in chronic methamphetamine users: A cross-sectional study. Asian J Psychiatr 2018; 35: 113-4.

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Published

2019-04-23

How to Cite

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Pirnia B, Pirnia K, Pirkhaefi AR, Malekanmehr P, Zahiroddin A. The relationship of plasma cortisol level with processing speed and working memory in methamphetamine users. Chron Dis J. 2019;7(2):135–136.

Issue

Vol 7, No 2 (2019)

Section

Letter to the Editor