Psycho-education for substance use and antisocial personality disorder: a randomized trial

BMC Psychiatry

Research Article

Morten Hesse¹  Sidsel Schrøder¹  Birgitte Thylstrup¹ 

[1] Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University, Artillerivej 90, 2nd, 2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark;

关键词: Borderline Personality Disorder;    Substance Abuse Treatment;    Antisocial Personality Disorder;    Borderline Personality Disorder;    Assessment Wave;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12888-015-0661-0

 received in 2015-07-23, accepted in 2015-10-26,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

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

【 授权许可】

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