PMID: 9169384Jun 1, 1997Paper

Gender and drug differences in antisocial personality disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychology
J M Brown, S J Nixon

Abstract

The relation between childhood behavior disorders (CBD), attentional difficulties (ADD), and antisocial personality disorder (ASP) was examined in a clinical population of alcoholics and polysubstance abusers. Polysubstance abusers reported increased CBD symptomatology, increased attentional problems, a higher rate of ASP, and a greater number of both current and lifetime ASP symptoms relative to alcoholics without polysubstance abuse. An examination of gender effects revealed significant differences on self-reported adult attentional problems, with females endorsing a greater number of items. As a group, females exhibited the highest rate of ASP. Males showed a significant correlation between current ASP symptoms and both attention and conduct problems in early childhood.

Citations

Jun 27, 2006·Substance Use & Misuse·Ozcan UzunTümer Türkbay
Mar 14, 2001·European Psychiatry : the Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists·J H DowsonJ C Taylor

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