Lack of remorse in antisocial personality disorder among drug abusers in residential treatment

Uses interview & questionnaire data to examine the relationships between lack of remorse & phenomenology of antisocial personality disorder, drug history, preadmission psychosocial functioning, & characteristics of index episode of treatment among 140 drug abusers with antisocial persona...

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Published in:Journal of personality disorders 1996-12, Vol.10 (4), p.321-334
Main Authors: GOLDSTEIN, R. B, POWERS, S. I, MCCUSKER, J, LEWIS, B. F, MUNDT, K. A, BIGELOW, C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Antisocial Behavior
Antisocial personality disorder
Biological and medical sciences
Drug Abuse
Drug addiction
Guilt
Massachusetts
Medical sciences
Personality Problems
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Residential Institutions
Rhode Island
Sociopathic Personality
Substance Abuse
Treatment Programs
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Summary:Uses interview & questionnaire data to examine the relationships between lack of remorse & phenomenology of antisocial personality disorder, drug history, preadmission psychosocial functioning, & characteristics of index episode of treatment among 140 drug abusers with antisocial personality disorder in residential addictions treatment in MA & RI. Lack of remorse was associated with a more severe & violent form of antisocial personality disorder & increased comorbidity with mood & anxiety disorders. Implications for tailoring addictions treatment to remorseless antisocial clients include the need to identify & treat comorbid emotional disorders. 2 Tables, 45 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0885-579X
1943-2763
DOI:10.1521/pedi.1996.10.4.321