PMID- 18402658
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080616
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1471-244X (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-244X (Linking)
VI  - 8
DP  - 2008 Apr 10
TI  - Substance abusers' personality disorders and staff members' emotional reactions.
PG  - 21
LID - 10.1186/1471-244X-8-21 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Previous research has indicated that aggressive behaviour and DSM-IV 
      cluster B personality disorders (PD) may be associated with professionals' 
      emotional reactions to clients, and that cluster C PD may be associated with 
      positive emotional reactions. METHODS: Staff members recruited from workshops 
      completed a self-report inventory of emotional reactions to patients, the Feeling 
      Word Checklist-58, and substance abusers completed a self-report of DSM-IV 
      personality disorder, the DSM-IV and ICD-10 Personality Disorder Questionnaire. 
      Correlational analysis and multiple regression analysis was used to assess the 
      associations between personality disorders and emotional reations. RESULTS: 
      Cluster B disorder features were associated with feeling distance to patients, 
      and cluster C disorder features were associated with feeling helpful towards 
      patients. Cluster A disorders had no significant impact on emotional reactions. 
      CONCLUSION: The findings confirm clinical experiences that personality disorder 
      features in patients with substance abuse have an impact on staff members 
      reactions to them. These reactions should be considered in supervision of staff, 
      and in treatment models for patients with co-morbid personality disorders and 
      substance abuse.
FAU - Thylstrup, Birgitte
AU  - Thylstrup B
AD  - Aarhus University, Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Kobmagergade 26E, 1150 
      Copenhagen C, Denmark. bt@crf.au.dk
FAU - Hesse, Morten
AU  - Hesse M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20080410
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Psychiatry
JT  - BMC psychiatry
JID - 100968559
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aggression/psychology
MH  - *Attitude to Health
MH  - Comorbidity
MH  - Countertransference
MH  - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
MH  - *Expressed Emotion
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Personnel/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - International Classification of Diseases
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Personality Disorders/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Substance-Related Disorders/*epidemiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC2322971
EDAT- 2008/04/12 09:00
MHDA- 2008/06/17 09:00
PMCR- 2008/04/10
CRDT- 2008/04/12 09:00
PHST- 2007/09/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/04/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/04/12 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/06/17 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/04/12 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2008/04/10 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1471-244X-8-21 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1471-244X-8-21 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Psychiatry. 2008 Apr 10;8:21. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-21.