[Clinical utility of evoked potentials in the field of addiction medicine].

Cognitive impairment is a frequent consequence of chronic and excessive alcohol consumption with impact on the daily lives of the concerned persons. Recovery during abstinence phases is often only partial. Improvement of cognitive functions has often a positive and lasting effect on the quality of live and the clinical symptoms of the patients suffering from an alcohol use disorder. This article presents a critical discussion on the utility of evoked potentials as part of adapted clinical protocols aiming an individualized rehabilitation approaches of alcohol use disorder and focusing on a reduction of the risk of relapse. The implementation of this approach requires a valid classification of evoked potentials based on a solid statistical fundament. Our aim is to achieve this goal.