Objective: Several studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between addiction and crimes, but little is known about the treatment of individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) with criminal records. This study aimed to assess the treatment progress of a group of individuals with SUD who underwent treatment within a residential community, and to analyze their personality profi les to identify drop-out predictors. Method: We evaluated 49 subjects using the Psychopathic Personality InventoryRevised (PPI-R), the Psychological Treatment Inventory (PTI), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11), and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and carrying out various statistical analyses, including the t-test, Cohen’s d, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and discriminant analysis. Results: Results are discussed within the context of previous studies on this topic. Our results showed that variables such impulsiveness, cold-heartedness, alexithymia, and psychopathic traits infl uenced the premature treatment abandonment of individuals with SUD and criminal records. Conclusions: This study provides a further piece for the understanding of subjects with SUD and criminal records, suggesting the importance of a psychodynamic integrated approach, and showing the impact of some psychopathological features on treatment drop-out

Psychopathological features and drop-out predictors in a sample of individuals with substance use disorder under residential community treatment / Alessio Gori, Eleonora Topino, Ilaria Bagnoli, Giuseppe Iraci-Sareri, Giuseppe Craparo. - In: CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 1724-4935. - ELETTRONICO. - 17:(2020), pp. 11-23.

Psychopathological features and drop-out predictors in a sample of individuals with substance use disorder under residential community treatment

Alessio Gori
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2020

Abstract

Objective: Several studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between addiction and crimes, but little is known about the treatment of individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) with criminal records. This study aimed to assess the treatment progress of a group of individuals with SUD who underwent treatment within a residential community, and to analyze their personality profi les to identify drop-out predictors. Method: We evaluated 49 subjects using the Psychopathic Personality InventoryRevised (PPI-R), the Psychological Treatment Inventory (PTI), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11), and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and carrying out various statistical analyses, including the t-test, Cohen’s d, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and discriminant analysis. Results: Results are discussed within the context of previous studies on this topic. Our results showed that variables such impulsiveness, cold-heartedness, alexithymia, and psychopathic traits infl uenced the premature treatment abandonment of individuals with SUD and criminal records. Conclusions: This study provides a further piece for the understanding of subjects with SUD and criminal records, suggesting the importance of a psychodynamic integrated approach, and showing the impact of some psychopathological features on treatment drop-out
2020
17
11
23
Alessio Gori, Eleonora Topino, Ilaria Bagnoli, Giuseppe Iraci-Sareri, Giuseppe Craparo
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