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Personality Disorder and Assault History in Substance‐Dependent Individuals
Author(s) -
Brady Kathleen T.,
Dustan Lorraine R.,
Grice Dorothy E.,
Danksy Bonnie S.,
Kilpatrick Dean
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1995.tb00269.x
Subject(s) - personality disorders , personality , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychology , substance abuse , sadistic personality disorder , social psychology
The authors explored the relationship between assault, substance use disorders, and personality disorders by interviewing 82 substance‐dependent inpatients with a structured interview concerning physical and sexual assault as well as the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM‐III‐R, parts I and II. Sixty percent of subjects met criteria for a personality disorder. Individuals who had experienced assault (n = 43) were more likely to have all types of personality disorder diagnoses (P ≤ 0.001). Those who reported childhood assault were more likely to have Cluster B personality disorders and to meet criteria for more than two personality disorder diagnoses (P ≤ 0.05) compared with those who reported adult assault only. Personality disorders were commonly diagnosed in this group of treatment‐seeking, substance‐dependent individuals. The effect of substance abuse as well as assault on the development and presentation of personality disorders is likely to be substantial.