Drug dependence and personality disorder: its relationship to the treatment of drug dependence.
A perennial debate regarding drug dependence is the issue of the contribution of psychopathic personality disorder to dependence behaviour. The research reported here suggests that the effects of treatment appear to have little effect on underlying psychopathy. However, levels of psychopathy seem irrelevant to treatment outcome.
Lennings
C J
CJ
University College of Southern Queensland, Australia.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013808:Therapeutic Community