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The burden of cyclothymia on alcohol dependence
Samuel Pombo1, M Luísa Figueira, Nuno Félix da Costa
1Psychiatric Service and Medical Psychology from Santa Maria Universitary Hospital of Lisbon, Portugal.
Background:
The relationship between cyclothymic temperament and alcoholism remains insufficiently explored.
Methods:
A sample of 125 alcohol-dependent patients diagnosed according to DSM-IV-TR criteria (APA, 2000) was recruited from a clinical setting. Cyclothymic temperament was diagnosed according to the Portuguese version of the Akiskal and Akiskal (2005) temperament scale.
Results:
Alcohol dependent patients who score positive (above mean) for CT present to some extent a more severe profile of alcohol-related problems.
Limitations:
Correlational study
Conclusions:
CT traits in alcohol dependents seems to influence whether subjects engage earlier in pathological alcohol use and present particular alcohol-related problems, in particular Cloninger type II alcoholism phenotype.
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