title: Personality profile in young current regular users of cocaine.
abstract: This study examined the relationship between the personality profile of a sample of cocaine users and the presence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) diagnoses and the severity of substance use. A total of 120 participants (46 women, mean age: 23.8 years) from nonclinical settings in Barcelona, Spain, 2003-2006, were assessed using the Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders (PRISM) and the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised version (TCI-R). Most of the participants had completed more than primary education, nearly half of them were employed, one third lived with parents, and near a quarter had some criminal record. Snorting was the main route of cocaine administration. They were using a mean of 1.82 substances. Cocaine users with low Self-Directedness, low Cooperativeness, and high Self-Transcendence scores in the TCI-R, with high severity of substance use and psychiatric comorbidity, would be suggestive of a possible specific phenotype. The limitations and implications of the study are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Health Services Research Unit (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domingo-Salvany
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torrens
authors.forename: M Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Brugal
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010641:Phenotype; D013030:Spain