Novelty-seeking among schizophrenia patients with comorbid alcohol abuse.
Since characterological characteristics of patients with schizophrenia and comorbid alcohol abuse are not well established, we compared outpatients with DSM-IV schizophrenia, with (n = 51) and without alcohol-abuse (n = 51), matched for sex, age, IQ, and symptom severity, using the Temperament and Character Inventory. Dual-diagnosis patients showed highly selective greater novelty seeking.
Kim
Jin Hun
JH
Schizophrenia Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea. kimjinhun@schizophrenia-research.com
Kim
Daeho
D
Park
Sung-Hyouk
SH
Lee
Hwang Bin
HB
Chung
Eun Kee
EK
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002605:Character; D015897:Comorbidity; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D013694:Temperament