Antisocial personality and substance abuse disorders.
The relationship between antisocial personality (ASP) disorder and drug and alcohol disorders was examined using data from the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) gathered on a sample of 1,149 male prison inmates. The results of a linear canonical discriminant function analysis indicate differences among those with a DIS/ASP diagnosis that are related to the presence or absence of an accompanying substance abuse diagnosis: whites are more likely than nonwhites to receive the ASP diagnosis with a substance abuse diagnosis, and substance abuse appears to magnify ASP symptomatology. Diagnostic and clinical implications of findings are discussed.
Collins
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Center for Social Research and Policy Analysis, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
Schlenger
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Jordan
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*