Given the high rates of overlap between personality disorders and substance use disorders
and the associated high levels of disability, a thorough diagnostic assessment involving …

Comorbidity of personality disorders in addiction is common, and there is a need for efficient
detection methods. This study describes the use of two quick screening instruments: the self …

Research on personality traits has made significant contributions to understanding clinical
syndromes such as substance abuse and personality disorder. This paper reviews evidence …

The focus of this paper is twofold. First, I will briefly delineate some of the problems that
confront the addiction field in our efforts to diagnose and make sense of personality …

Clinical diagnoses of personality disorders have been discredited in the literature. However,
the artificial dichotomization of dimensions, along with the constraint of having to select only …

This review summarizes the recent literature about personality disorders among substance
abusers. First, it will be shown that personality disorders are highly prevalent co-morbid …

Objective: Co-occurrence of substance use disorder and personality disorder (PD) is
associated with greater functional impairment and mutual deterioration of the prognosis …

Background Brief screening instruments for co-morbid personality disorders could
potentially have great value in substance abuse treatment settings. Methods We assessed …

This study examined diagnostic efficiency of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV), criteria for borderline personality disorder (BPD). One …

This report examines the prevalence of personality disorders among hospitalized alcoholics
and polydrug addicts and the extent and nature of the overlap between different axis II …