2012
Conceptual Changes to the Definition of Borderline Personality Disorder Proposed for DSM-5
Samuel DB, Miller JD, Widiger TA, Lynam DR, Pilkonis PA, Ball SA. Conceptual Changes to the Definition of Borderline Personality Disorder Proposed for DSM-5. Journal Of Psychopathology And Clinical Science 2012, 121: 467-476. PMID: 21875165, PMCID: PMC3706458, DOI: 10.1037/a0025285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Convergent and Concurrent Validity of Trait-Based Prototype Assessment of Personality Disorder Categories in Homeless Persons
Samuel DB, Connolly AJ, Ball SA. The Convergent and Concurrent Validity of Trait-Based Prototype Assessment of Personality Disorder Categories in Homeless Persons. Assessment 2012, 19: 287-298. PMID: 22523133, DOI: 10.1177/1073191112444461.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Personality, substance of choice, and polysubstance involvement among substance dependent patients
Conway KP, Kane RJ, Ball SA, Poling JC, Rounsaville BJ. Personality, substance of choice, and polysubstance involvement among substance dependent patients. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2003, 71: 65-75. PMID: 12821207, DOI: 10.1016/s0376-8716(03)00068-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
Concurrent and Predictive Validity of Antisocial Personality Disorder Subtyping among Substance Abusers
CECERO J, BALL S, TENNEN H, KRANZLER H, ROUNSAVILLE B. Concurrent and Predictive Validity of Antisocial Personality Disorder Subtyping among Substance Abusers. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 1999, 187: 478-486. PMID: 10463065, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199908000-00004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAmbulatory CareAntisocial Personality DisorderChi-Square DistributionComorbidityDepressive DisorderDiagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)Follow-Up StudiesHospitalizationHumansMental DisordersMultivariate AnalysisPersonality InventoryProbabilityPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexSubstance-Related DisordersConceptsAntisocial personality disorderAdult antisocial behaviorLifetime depressionPsychiatric severityFull ASPDSubstance abusersPersonality disorderHistory of depressionAxis II pathologyOutpatient substance abusersPoor prognosisBaseline severityGreater baselineSubstance useSeverityDisordersStrongest predictorDepressionMultivariate regressionSubtypesBaselinePredictive validityAbusersVersusPrognosis
1998
Personality disorder and dimension differences between type A and type B substance abusers.
Ball S, Kranzler H, Tennen H, Poling J, Rounsaville B. Personality disorder and dimension differences between type A and type B substance abusers. Journal Of Personality Disorders 1998, 12: 1-12. PMID: 9573515, DOI: 10.1521/pedi.1998.12.1.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersonality disorderSubtype differencesSubstance abusersType BDSM-IV personality disordersGreater psychosocial impairmentSevere substance abuseType APremorbid risk factorsNormal personality dimensionsOutpatient alcoholRisk factorsPsychosocial impairmentPsychiatric symptomsSevere symptomsType A/Type B distinctionSubstance abuseDisordersAntisocial personalitySymptomsAbusersB distinctionInpatientsDifferencesImpairment