personality

Test of Impulsivity in Adolescence

Scientific article

BACKGROUND: Adolescence is one of the most important stages in a human life. This period is full of different stimuli and types of influence – from parents, peers, and society. It is related to greater susceptibility to problematic...

Association between Substance Use and Personality among Mexico City’s School Children Aged 10-13

Scientific article

Abstract Introduction: Substance use is a problem that requires prevention strategies since childhood. It has been noticed that certain personality traits can play an important role in substance use in adolescence and early adulthood. It is...

Working with Antisocial Personality: Etiology Through Treatment Interventions

4 November 2020

Webinar

Wednesday, November 4, 2020 @ 3-4:30pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT)

Description

Antisocial personality disorder and substance use disorder frequently go hand-in-hand. This presentation will review the diagnostic criteria and clinical presentation of APD and why it is so prevalent in SUD populations.

Anxiety and Depression in Drug-Dependent Patients with Cluster C Personality Disorders

Scientific article

8 February 2018

Objective: Comorbidity between personality disorders (PD) and substance-use disorders (SUD) is one of the most common findings in the psychiatric field. The patients with Cluster C disorders present maladjustment traits often characterized...

For Whom Does Prison-Based Drug Treatment Work? Results from a Randomized Experiment

Scientific article

30 November 2014

For the first time in a prison setting, a randomised trial has rigorously compared intensive residential therapeutic community treatment to outpatient counselling. Confounding expectations, the US prison for problem drug users which hosted...

Alcohol Use Disorders: Resilience and Risk Behaviour

Scientific article

13 December 2016

New research suggests that certain personality traits, such as having a lack of restraint or being impulsive, increase the likelihood of developing alcohol use disorders. On the flip side, the study found that people with high resilience...

Identifying At-Risk Personalities

Scientific article

9 October 2016

A new substance abuse prevention programme called Preventure uses personality tests to identify children most at risk of indulging in harmful drug-taking behaviour. The traits it has identified amongst at-risk children include: sensation...