Dysfunctional attitudes in depressed and non-depressed substance abusers: an exploratory study
| Autor: | S. J. Verhulst, F. Peyre, J. Calache, Martinez R, M. Bourgeois |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Psychotherapist
05 social sciences Cognitive disorder Exploratory research 050301 education 050109 social psychology Dysfunctional family medicine.disease Cognitive bias Psychiatry and Mental health medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology 0503 education Depression (differential diagnoses) |
| Zdroj: | European Psychiatry. 9:77-82 |
| ISSN: | 1778-3585 0924-9338 |
| Popis: | SummaryThe authors examined whether substance abusers have more maladaptive thinking patterns than controls. The Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS) was administered to 38 substance abusers and 30 healthy age-matched controls. Nineteen substance abusers (50%) were depressed and 19 were non-depressed. Both depressed and non-depressed substance abusers had significantly higher DAS scores than controls. Depressed substance abusers had higher scores than non-depressed substance abusers. There was no correlation between age, sex, age of onset or the nature of the substance used and DAS scores in either group of patients. There was a trend for an elevation of DAS scores with chronicity of dependence among depressed substance abusers. The results support the hypothesis of the presence of maladaptive thinking patterns among substance abusers, and suggest a need for further exploration of their cognitive styles and of the use of cognitive therapy in the treatment of addiction. |
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