title: Psychopathology of cocaine dependent patients in a therapeutic community.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Male patients in a therapeutic community (n=102) from a city in southern Brazil, with a primary diagnosis of cocaine dependence, were evaluated with Exner's Comprehensive System for the Rorschach, with the objective of describing personality psychopathology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  High lambdas were present in 62% of patients. 60.8% of the patients scored positive in the Coping Deficit Index; 22.5% in the Depression Index. Other constellations were infrequently present (<5%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A positive CDI, a measure of difficulty in the management of complexities and poor social skills, may have treatment-matching implications, such as the selection of interventions targeted at interpersonal difficulties. Personality assessment should be considered in such patients.
authors.affiliation: Licenciado en Salúd y Comportamiento, Universidad Católica de Pelotas, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tavares Pinheiro
authors.forename: Pedro Vieira
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: da Silva Magalhaes
authors.forename: Andrea Veiga
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Karen Amaral Tavares
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Pnheiro
authors.forename: Ricardo Azevedo
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.forename: Luciano Dias Mattos
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Souza
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D015995:Prevalence; D012392:Rorschach Test