Gender differences in manifestations of antisocial personality disorder among residential drug abuse treatment clients

We examined gender differences in manifestations of DSM-III-R antisocial personality disorder in 106 male and 34 female drug abusers enrolled in residential relapse prevention/health education treatment. In childhood, compared to males, females had more often run away but less often used weapons in...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 1996-05, Vol.41 (1), p.35-45
Main Authors: Goldstein, RisëB., Powers, Sally I., McCusker, Jane, Mundt, Kenneth A., Lewis, Benjamin F., Bigelow, Carol
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Antisocial personality
Antisocial personality disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder - diagnosis
Antisocial Personality Disorder - psychology
Antisocial Personality Disorder - rehabilitation
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Client Characteristics
Comorbidity
Crime - psychology
Drug Abuse
Drug abusers
Drug addiction
Female
Females
Gender
Gender differences
Gender Identity
Health Education
Humans
Male
Males
Manifestation
Massachusetts
Medical sciences
Patient Admission
Personality Assessment
Personality Development
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Residential treatment
Rhode Island
Sex Differences
Sociopathic Personality
Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
Substance-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
Therapeutic Community
Treatment
Treatment Programs
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Summary:We examined gender differences in manifestations of DSM-III-R antisocial personality disorder in 106 male and 34 female drug abusers enrolled in residential relapse prevention/health education treatment. In childhood, compared to males, females had more often run away but less often used weapons in fights, been cruel to animals, and set fires. Females also reported less vandalism. In adulthood, women had more often been irresponsible as parents and in financial matters, engaged in prostitution, made money finding customers for prostitutes, been physically violent against sex partners and children, failed to plan ahead, and lacked remorse. Our findings suggest that addiction treatment programs need to consider gender differences in antisocial symptomatology in the development of individualized treatment programs for both male and female clients.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/0376-8716(96)01222-7