Agibalova T V, Poplevchenkov K N
Research Centre for Substance Use Disorders, Moscow, Russia.
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2018;118(1. Vyp. 2):10-15. doi: 10.17116/jnevro20181181210-15.
To obtain preliminary data on personality and clinical/psychopathological predictors of combined use of psychoactive drugs in patients with psychostimulant dependence.
Eighty-nine inpatients were examined. Family history of drug dependence, personality disorders, clinical/psychopathological characteristics and disease course (breakdowns, relapses, remissions) were compared in patients with psychostimulant dependence (n=35) and patients who used other psychoactive substances (n=54).
Combined use of psychoactive substances is predicted by a complex of factors, including genetic, biological (neurochemical), psychological (personality characteristics of comorbidity and social influences). Based on their proportion, three types of psychostimulant dependence were determined.
