Greater Deficits In Emotional Facial Expression Can Indicate More Severe Alcoholism

... * Recognition of emotional facial expressions (EFEs) is a key form of non-verbal communication that is lacking among alcoholics. * New findings show continuing EFE decoding deficits among alcoholics even after three months of abstinence. * Alcoholics with the worst EFE decoding performance at initial assessment not only dropped out of treatment, but all of them later relapsed. [click link for full article] ...