Trial reportBMC psychiatry2015
Psycho-education for substance use and antisocial personality disorder: a randomized trial.
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- Cognition As a Therapeutic Target in the Suicidal Patient Approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Review
- Possible association between SIRT1 single nucleotide polymorphisms and predisposition to antisocial personality traits in Chinese adolescents.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Interventions for Subjects with Depressive Symptoms with or without Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Are There Different Patterns of Change?Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Comorbidity of Personality Disorder among Substance Use Disorder Patients: A Narrative Review.Indian journal of psychological medicineReview
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Abstract
backgroundAntisocial personality disorder often co-exists with drug and alcohol use disorders.
methodsThis trial examined the effectiveness of offering psycho-education for antisocial personality disorder in community substance use disorder treatment centers in Denmark. A total of 176 patients were randomly allocated to treatment as usual (TAU, n = 80) or TAU plus a psycho-educative program, Impulsive Lifestyle Counselling (ILC, n = 96) delivered by site clinicians (n = 39). Using follow-up interviews 3 and 9 months after randomization, we examined changes in drug and alcohol use (Addiction Severity Index Composite Scores), percent days abstinent (PDA) within last month, and aggression as measured with the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire-Short Form and the Self-Report of Aggression and Social Behavior Measure.
resultsOverall engagement in psychological interventions was modest: 71 (76 %) of participants randomized to psycho-education attended at least one counselling session, and 21 (23 %) attended all six sessions. The Median number of sessions was 2. All patients reduced drug and alcohol problems at 9 months with small within-group effect sizes. Intention-to-treat analyses indicated significant differences between ILC and TAU in mean drugs composite score (p = .018) and in PDA (p = .041) at 3 months. Aggression declined in both groups, but no differences between ILC and TAU were observed in terms of alcohol problems or aggression at any follow-up.
conclusionsModerate short-term improvements in substance use were associated with randomization to Impulsive Lifestyle Counselling. The findings support the usefulness of providing psycho-education to outpatients with antisocial personality disorder.
trial registrationISRCTN registry, ISRCTN67266318 , 17/7/2012.
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