Open AccessPersonality Profile and Short-term Treatment Outcome in Patients with Alcohol Dependence: A Study from South India
Author(s) -
Soundarya Soundararajan,
Gitanjali Narayanan,
Arpana Agrawal,
Pratima Murthy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.203127
Subject(s) - extraversion and introversion , personality , facet (psychology) , big five personality traits , alcohol dependence , clinical psychology , alcohol , psychiatry , psychology , medicine , social psychology , biochemistry , chemistry
Studying personality profiles allows researchers to generate important hypotheses in risk factors and correlates of alcohol use/misuse. Studies examining the association between personality traits and treatment outcome are limited in India. We studied the correlation between personality and treatment outcome in patients with alcohol dependence.