2011
Personality Disorders and Retention in a Therapeutic Community for Substance Dependence
Samuel DB, LaPaglia DM, Maccarelli LM, Moore BA, Ball SA. Personality Disorders and Retention in a Therapeutic Community for Substance Dependence. American Journal On Addictions 2011, 20: 555-562. PMID: 21999502, PMCID: PMC3856923, DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00174.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntisocial personality disorderProgram retentionEarly attritionPersonality disorderSubstance use disordersTherapeutic community treatmentPersonality disorder diagnosisSuccessful treatmentTreatment completionRisk individualsTreatment retentionUse disordersCommunity treatmentSurvival analysisPromising interventionSubstance dependenceTC outcomesPremature attritionDisorder diagnosisEarly assessmentTC treatmentDisordersTreatmentTherapeutic communityOutcomes
2004
Typologies of drug dependence: comparative validity of a multivariate and four univariate models
Basu D, Ball SA, Feinn R, Gelernter J, Kranzler HR. Typologies of drug dependence: comparative validity of a multivariate and four univariate models. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2004, 73: 289-300. PMID: 15036551, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2003.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug dependenceDrug abuse/dependenceLongitudinal cohort studyFirst-degree relativesAbuse/dependencePsychiatric Symptom IndexPredictive validityAntisocial personality disorderGreater concurrent validityCohort studyStrength of associationSymptom IndexAlcohol dependenceB typologyDrug abuseSubstance usePersonality disorderComposite scoreConcurrent validityDegree of changeOverall functioningComparative validitySuperior validityPsychopathologyUnivariate models
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