NCJ Number
121099
Journal
Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Volume: 16 Issue: 2 Dated: (1988) Pages: 187-198
Date Published
1988
Length
11 pages
Annotation
The relationship between antisocial personality (ASP) disorder and drug and alcohol disorders was studied using data from the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) gathered on a sample of 1,149 male prison inmates.
Abstract
The results of a linear canonical discriminant function analysis indicate differences among those with DIS/ASP diagnosis which may be related to the presence or absence of an accompanying substance abuse diagnosis. Whites are more likely to receive the ASP diagnosis with a substance abuse diagnosis than nonwhites, and substance abuse appears to magnify ASP symptomatology. Diagnostic and clinical implications of findings are discussed. 6 tables, 26 references. (Author abstract modified).