Brain scans reveal why social life suffers in alcohol addiction

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

1. AUD patients Inclusion criteria: * Patients between 18 and 65 years old, men or women, right-handed, following AUD treatment as inpatients or outpatients and currently abstinent * Having a diagnosis of severe alcohol use disorder according to DSM-5 criteria * Native French speakers * Patients enrolled in the national healthcare insurance program * Patients consenting to participate in the study Exclusion criteria: * A diagnosis of schizophrenia, of any other chronic psychotic state, or of bipolar disorder according to DSM-5 criteria * The presence of a current depressive episode as defined by DSM-5 criteria * The presence of another moderate or severe substance use disorder according to DSM-5 criteria, except for tobacco and cannabis if alcohol is the primary substance consumed and the criteria for cannabis dependence are not met * The presence of a neurodevelopmental disorder * The presence of any clinically significant or unstable pathology: organic pathology affecting the central nervous system or disease likely to interfere with assessments, including the neurological complications of alcoholism * Having any uncorrected auditory or visual deficits * Contraindication to the use of MRI * Individuals particularly protected by the law * No smartphone with Apple or Android operating system 2. Healthy control participants: Inclusion criteria: * Participants between 18 and 65 years old, men or women, right-handed * Native French speakers * Participants enrolled in the national healthcare insurance program * Participants consenting to participate in the study Exclusion criteria: * A diagnosis of schizophrenia, of any other chronic psychotic state, or of bipolar disorder according to DSM-5 criteria * The presence of a current depressive episode as defined by DSM-5 criteria * The presence of substance use disorder as defined by DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, except for tobacco dependence * Having any first-degree relative with alcohol use disorder according to DSM-5 diagnostic criteria * The presence of a neurodevelopmental disorder * The presence of any clinically significant or unstable pathology: organic pathology affecting the central nervous system * Having any uncorrected auditory or visual deficits * Contraindication to the use of MRI * Individuals particularly protected by the law * No smartphone with Apple or Android operating system