BACKGROUND People in treatment for substance use disorder commonly have comorbid personality disorders, including antisocial personality disorder. Little is known about treatments that specifically address comorbid antisocial personality disorder. METHODS Self-rated help received for antisocial personality disorder was assessed during follow-ups at 3, 9 and 15 months post-randomization of a r...

OBJECTIVE This study tracked the individual criteria of four DSM-IV personality disorders-borderline, schizotypal, avoidant, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders-and how they change over 2 years. METHOD This clinical sample of patients with personality disorders was derived from the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study and included all participants with borderline,...

The authors examined gender bias in the diagnostic criteria for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text revision; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) personality disorders. Participants (N=599) were selected from 2 large, nonclinical samples on the basis of information from self-report questionnaires and peer nominations that suggested the presence of personalit...

transactional analysis (ta) is a theory of personality that can be applied in virtually all fields of psychology: educational, counseling, organizational and psychotherapy. the atmosphere that supports transactional analysis is one of comfort, security and respect. a positive relationship is forged between the clinician and the client in order to provide a model for subsequent relationships tha...

Citation: Kolla NJ and Mishra A (2018) The Endocannabinoid System, Aggression, and the Violence of Synthetic Cannabinoid Use, Borderline Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Other Psychiatric Disorders. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 12:41. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00041 The Endocannabinoid System, Aggression, and the Violence of Synthetic Cannabinoid Use, Borderline Personality D...

addiction is one of the most serious social damages and due to its progressive nature in all aspects, adversely affects people's physical and psychological health. hence, this paper investigates the characteristics of drug addicts in a drug rehabilitation center in the city of isfahan.in this cross-sectional study conducted in 2012, the population consisted of all addicts that referred to shefa...

The question of whether or not depressive personality disorder is a distinct disorder separate from mood disorders or other personality disorders has historically been debated by researchers and theorists and continues to be a topic of disagreement. Empirical studies reveal that only a modest relationship may exist between depressive personality disorder, mood disorders, and other personality d...

ôbjective: ço-morbidity of personality disorders with illicit drug abuse has a deleterious effect on the management outcome of both conditions. this study was conducted to assess the prevalence of different personality disorders among substance dependent patients in an ïranian city (ïsfahan) with a view to have a better understanding of various management strategies. methods: â total of 368 dif...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare psychosocial functioning in patients with schizotypal, borderline, avoidant, or obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and patients with major depressive disorder and no personality disorder. Method: Patients (N=668) were recruited by the four clinical sites of the Collabora-tive Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study. The carefully diagn...