- Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………….8
The Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Personality Disorders
in Addicted Patients …………………………………………………………………………………….14
Addiction and symptoms of psychopathology ………………………………………………….14
Addiction and psychopathological dimensions ………………………………………………..14
Addiction and Personality Disorders ………………………………………………………………16
Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) …………………………………………………………………………18
Personality and the etiopathogenesis of addiction …………………………………………..19
The self-medication hypothesis for addictive disorders …………………………………………………..19
The role of subjective effects: the self-selection hypothesis …………………………………………….20
Sensation-seeking behaviour and impairment of gratification: what is too little
or too much? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..21
The psychology of addiction: evolution of theoretical models. ………………………….22
Psychodynamic theories ………………………………………………………………………………………………22
Beyond psychodynamics …………………………………………………………………………………………….24
Addiction and Bipolar Spectrum ……………………………………………………………………25
Treatment of Personality Disorders during Methadone Maintenance ……………….30
Conclusions …………………………………………………………………………………………………31
The Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Mood Disorders
in Addicted Patients …………………………………………………………………………………….32
Epidemiology ……………………………………………………………………………………………….32
Assessment and evaluation of depression in addicted patients ………………………….34
Family History of Mood Disorders …………………………………………………………………35
Primary or secondary nature of comorbid mood disorder in relation
to addiction ………………………………………………………………………………………………….36
Impact of comorbid mood disorders on the natural course
of heroin addiction ……………………………………………………………………………………….37
Substance use among Bipolar Patients …………………………………………………………..38
Addiction and Suicide …………………………………………………………………………………..38
Heroin addiction and its consequences on mood …………………………………………….41
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