Diagnostic interactions. Alcoholism and antisocial personality

The association of alcoholism with other psychiatric disorders is important from both a research and a therapeutic point of view. In a medically hospitalized inpatient sample, we found a strong relationship between alcoholism and antisocial personality. Controlling for the overlap of diagnostic symp...

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Published inThe journal of nervous and mental disease Vol. 171; no. 2; p. 105
Main Authors Lewis, C E, Rice, J, Helzer, J E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.1983
Subjects
Adult
Age Factors
Alcoholism - diagnosis
Alcoholism - etiology
Alcoholism - genetics
Antisocial Personality Disorder - complications
Antisocial Personality Disorder - diagnosis
Antisocial Personality Disorder - genetics
Depressive Disorder - complications
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Female
Humans
Male
Marriage
Risk
Sex Factors
Somatoform Disorders - complications
Somatoform Disorders - diagnosis
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Summary:The association of alcoholism with other psychiatric disorders is important from both a research and a therapeutic point of view. In a medically hospitalized inpatient sample, we found a strong relationship between alcoholism and antisocial personality. Controlling for the overlap of diagnostic symptomatology, antisocial subjects still had a significantly higher prevalence of alcoholism than nonantisocial. The antisocial individual was more likely to be exposed to problem drinking, and once exposed, he tended to be more susceptible to developing the full alcoholism syndrome. Gender and a family history of problem drinking also predicted alcoholism. Characterological and neurophysiological correlates of antisocial personality and their relationship to problem drinking are discussed.
ISSN:0022-3018
1539-736X
DOI:10.1097/00005053-198302000-00007