Personality, Psychopathology, and the Neurotransmitter Attributes Questionnaire (NAQ)

Personality and Psychopathology

Personality and psychopathology: genetic perspectives.

Genetic factors exert an important influence on adult personality traits, accounting for anywhere between 30% and 60% of the variance. Heredity is also important for most forms of psychopathology and plays a major role in several theories that relate personality to psychopathology. Despite this, there has been surprisingly little multivariate genetic research reported on joint analyses of perso...

Personality Traits and Psychopathology in Nicotine and Opiate Dependents Using the Gateway Drug Theory

Objectives: According to the gateway drug theory, tobacco use is a predisposing factor for future substance abuse. This study was conducted to compare nicotine and opiate dependents to identify the differences between their personality traits and psychopathology that makes them turn to other substances after cigarette smoking. Methods: A causal-comparative study was conducted. Three groups w...

Personality and psychopathology of university students.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW University students represent the national capital and investment for the future, with an implicit mission both for their families and for society as a whole. However, they face multiple stressors such as academic overload, constant pressure to succeed, competition with peers and in some countries financial burden and concerns about the future. As all this may lead to psychopa...

Assessing Personality and Psychopathology With Interviews

487 HISTORY OF INTERVIEWING 488 PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT INTERVIEWS 488 TYPES OF INTERVIEWS 488 Case History Interviews 489 Diagnostic Interviews 489 Follow-Up Interviews 489 Forensic Interviews 489 Intake Interviews 490 Interviewing for Etiology 490 Mental Status Exams 490 Orientation Interviews 490 Preand Posttesting Interviews 490 Screening Interviews 491 Specialized Interviews 491 Termination ...