| Association of personality disorders with Type A and Type B alcoholics. | |
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PMID: 16041558 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Personality disorders frequently occur as comorbid disorder in alcohol-dependent subjects. Antisocial personality was described as an important characteristic in Cloninger's Type 2 and Babor's Type B subjects. The impact of other personality disorders on these alcoholism typologies, their pathogenesis and prognosis is, however, still unclear. The present study investigated the prevalence of personality disorders in 237 (194 males) detoxified alcohol-dependent patients after subtyping this sample according to Babor's Type A/B following the criteria suggested by Schuckit et al. (1995). Personality disorders were assessed with the SCID-II (DSM-IV). In all, 160 patients (68 %) could be classified as Type A, and 77 (32 %) as Type B. Type B subjects were younger, had an earlier onset,more alcohol intake and a more severe course of alcohol dependence. Type B patients had significantly more often any cluster A and B personality disorder, and significantly specifically more often a borderline, antisocial and avoidant personality disorder. There were no statistical differences concerning the other personality disorders. In summary, the Type A/B dichotomy using the criteria of Schuckit et al. (1995) was replicated successfully. Differences concerning cluster B personality disorder prevalence of Type B subjects demonstrated that these subjects are significantly more often affected from borderline and antisocial personality disorder. The impact of other personality disorders does not play a substantial role in subtyping alcoholics. |
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Authors:
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Miriam Bottlender; Ulrich W Preuss; Michael Soyka |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2005-07-27 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience Volume: 256 ISSN: 0940-1334 ISO Abbreviation: Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci Publication Date: 2006 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-02-21 Completed Date: 2006-09-01 Revised Date: 2009-11-03 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9103030 Medline TA: Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 55-61 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336 Muenchen, Germany. bottlend@med.uni-muenchen.de |
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Adult Aged Alcoholism / classification, diagnosis, epidemiology*, psychology, rehabilitation Antisocial Personality Disorder / diagnosis, epidemiology, psychology Borderline Personality Disorder / diagnosis, epidemiology, psychology Comorbidity Cross-Sectional Studies Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Female Germany Humans Male Middle Aged Personality Disorders / diagnosis, epidemiology*, psychology Prognosis Statistics as Topic |
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