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Trial reportBMC psychiatry2017

Did you get any help? A post-hoc secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial of psychoeducation for patients with antisocial personality disorder in outpatient substance abuse treatment programs.

Birgitte Thylstrup, Sidsel Schrøder, Mats Fridell, Morten Hesse

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Trial report in BMC psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Psychological interventions for antisocial personality disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Birgitte ThylstrupAarhus University, Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus, Denmark.
Sidsel SchrøderAarhus University, Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus, Denmark.
Mats FridellDepartment of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Morten HesseAarhus University, Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus, Denmark. mh.crf@psy.au.dk.ORCID 0000-0002-6849-6554

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPeople in treatment for substance use disorder commonly have comorbid personality disorders, including antisocial personality disorder. Little is known about treatments that specifically address comorbid antisocial personality disorder.

methodsSelf-rated help received for antisocial personality disorder was assessed during follow-ups at 3, 9 and 15 months post-randomization of a randomized trial of psychoeducation for people with comorbid substance use and antisocial personality disorder (n = 175).

resultsRandomization to psychoeducation was associated with increased perceived help for antisocial personality disorder. Perceived help for antisocial personality disorder was in turn associated with more days abstinent and higher treatment satisfaction at the 3-month follow-up, and reduced risk of dropping out of treatment after the 3-month follow-up, and perceived help mediated the effects of random assignment on days abstinent at 3-month. FOLLOW-UP:

conclusionsBrief psychoeducation for antisocial personality disorder increased patients' self-rated help for antisocial personality disorder in substance abuse treatment, and reporting having received help for antisocial personality disorder was in turn associated with better short-term outcomes, e.g., days abstinent, dropout from treatment and treatment satisfaction.

trial registrationISRCTN registry, ISRCTN67266318 , retrospectively registered 17/7/2012.

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AdultAntisocial Personality DisorderCognitive Behavioral TherapyComorbidityFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOutpatientsPatient DropoutsPatient Education as TopicPersonality DisordersPsychotherapy, BriefRisk Reduction BehaviorSubstance Abuse Treatment CentersAntisocial personality disorderImpulsive lifestyle counsellingPerceived helpRandomized trialSubstance use disorder

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PMID28068951
PMCPMC5223491

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