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Object relation quality, alexithymia, and defense mechanisms of drug abusers with antisocial personality disorder

Aleman, Kristian LU (2007) In Social Behavior and Personality 35(10). p.1335-1351
Abstract
The purpose was to investigate, in a sample of drug abusers, whether subscales in the KAPP (Karolinska Psychodynamic Profile, Weinryb, 1992) interview and defense mechanisms explored by the DMTm (Defense Mechanism Technique modified) could differentiate between DSM-III-R clusters and personality disorders (PDs). Forty-seven (47) subjects out of the 84 injecting drug abusers (56%) recruited from a detoxification hospital ward in Sweden had a primary antisocial PD (ASPD) with a comorbid second DSM-III-R PD diagnosis. Pathology was significant on the KAPP subscales of “Dependency and separation,” “Alexithymic traits,” “Normopathic traits,” “Coping with aggressive affects,” and “Sexual satisfaction” in relation to cluster B (dramatic). All... (More)
The purpose was to investigate, in a sample of drug abusers, whether subscales in the KAPP (Karolinska Psychodynamic Profile, Weinryb, 1992) interview and defense mechanisms explored by the DMTm (Defense Mechanism Technique modified) could differentiate between DSM-III-R clusters and personality disorders (PDs). Forty-seven (47) subjects out of the 84 injecting drug abusers (56%) recruited from a detoxification hospital ward in Sweden had a primary antisocial PD (ASPD) with a comorbid second DSM-III-R PD diagnosis. Pathology was significant on the KAPP subscales of “Dependency and separation,” “Alexithymic traits,” “Normopathic traits,” “Coping with aggressive affects,” and “Sexual satisfaction” in relation to cluster B (dramatic). All subscales were predominant in patients with ASPD/narcissistic PD, who showed the defense mechanism marked denial. The two latter subscales were related to patients with ASPD/borderline PD, who showed the defense of introaggression and the DMTm sign of disappearance of threat. Finally, some psychoanalytic constructs in KAPP and DMTm showed congruence. (Less)
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  pages        = {{1335--1351}},
  publisher    = {{Society for Personality Research (Inc.)}},
  series       = {{Social Behavior and Personality}},
  title        = {{Object relation quality, alexithymia, and defense mechanisms of drug abusers with antisocial personality disorder}},
  volume       = {{35}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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