PMID- 15380291
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050128
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 0376-8716 (Print)
IS  - 0376-8716 (Linking)
VI  - 76
IP  - 1
DP  - 2004 Oct 5
TI  - Quality of life and personality disorders in heroin abusers.
PG  - 73-80
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to describe the personality disorders (PD) 
      and personality profile of heroin-abusers and their quality of life (QoL), and to 
      investigate the correlation between the two. METHOD: One hundred and eighty 
      heroin-abusers during their residential treatment participated in the study. The 
      Structured Clinical Interview-II (SCID-II) allowed the identification of two 
      subgroups of heroin-abusers on the basis of presence/absence of a PD. All 
      patients filled in the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), the McGill QoL 
      Questionnaire (MQOL) and an anamnestic sheet. A control group of 63 non-clinical 
      subjects was recruited. RESULTS: Abusers with a PD differ in their personality 
      profile from abusers without PD and score lower on the total MQOL. As regards TCI 
      scales, novelty seeking (NS), reward dependence (RD) and self-directedness (SD) 
      predict the age of onset of the abuse, while cooperativeness (C) is a predictor 
      of the number of community admissions. DISCUSSION: Low scores on 
      self-directedness and cooperativeness in abusers support the hypothesis of an 
      immature character and relational difficulties. Novelty seeking is the only 
      dimension which is altered both in abusers with and without a PD and is not 
      strictly dependent on Axis II comorbidity. QoL is lower in abusers than in 
      controls, according to their physical, psychological and existential suffering. 
      Last, an interesting link emerged between personality and perceived QoL.
FAU - Fassino, S
AU  - Fassino S
AD  - Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatric Institute, University of Turin, Via 
      Cherasco 11, 10126 Torino, Italy. secondo.fassino@unito.it
FAU - Daga, G Abbate
AU  - Daga GA
FAU - Delsedime, N
AU  - Delsedime N
FAU - Rogna, L
AU  - Rogna L
FAU - Boggio, S
AU  - Boggio S
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Ireland
TA  - Drug Alcohol Depend
JT  - Drug and alcohol dependence
JID - 7513587
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Analysis of Variance
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Heroin Dependence/complications/*epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Personality Disorders/complications/*epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
EDAT- 2004/09/24 05:00
MHDA- 2005/01/29 09:00
CRDT- 2004/09/24 05:00
PHST- 2004/01/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2004/04/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2004/04/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2004/09/24 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/01/29 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/09/24 05:00 [entrez]
AID - S0376871604001024 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.04.005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Drug Alcohol Depend. 2004 Oct 5;76(1):73-80. doi: 
      10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.04.005.