Open AccessBehavioral activation and behavioral inhibition sensitivities in patients with substance use disorders: A study from India
Author(s) -
Suhas Ganesh,
Arun Kandasamy,
Ubahara S Sahayaraj,
Vivek Benegal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_323_18
Subject(s) - behavioral activation , behavioral inhibition , psychology , addiction , clinical psychology , correlation , behavioral pattern , behavioral addiction , reward dependence , antisocial personality disorder , personality , psychiatry , novelty seeking , big five personality traits , medicine , poison control , injury prevention , cognition , anxiety , social psychology , geometry , mathematics , software engineering , engineering , environmental health
Addictive disorders are an epiphenomenon of underlying vulnerabilities. Research over the past decades into these vulnerabilities has distinguished internalizing and externalizing spectra as two distinct personality factors underlying substance use disorders (SUDs). In this study, we explore the behavioral activation and inhibition factors in patients with SUD.