High prognostic specificity of antisocial personality disorder in patients with drug dependence: results from a five-year follow-up.
A sample of 125 consecutive patients from a Swedish detoxification unit were followed up at five years. Register data on criminal behavior were retrieved for 99% of all subjects, including those who were deceased at follow-up, and 76% of living subjects were interviewed. A diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) at intake was associated with incarceration, continuous drug use, dependence on welfare support, and fulfilling criteria of adult ASPD at follow-up. Regardless of ASPD status, a decline was seen in drug-related convictions, but subjects with ASPD were found to continue to commit other crimes.
Fridell
Mats
M
Department of Psychology, Lund University, Sweden.
Hesse
Morten
M
Johnson
Eva
E
D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008658:Inactivation, Metabolic; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation