Personality Profile of Alcohol and Injecting Opioid Users: A Comparative Study from India

Highlights • First Indian study to use five factor model to describe injecting drug users personality. • Provides insight in personality of injecting drug users vis-a-vis alcohol dependent clients. • Injecting drug users display deviant lifestyle as compared to those dependent on alcohol. • Personal...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Asian journal of psychiatry 2017-02, Vol.25, p.142-146
Hauptverfasser:	Gupta, Swati Kedia, Ambekar, Atul, Dhawan, Anju, Mehta, Manju
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Alcoholism - physiopathology Humans India Internal Medicine Male Middle Aged Opioid-Related Disorders - physiopathology Personality - physiology Psychiatry Risk-Taking Sexual Behavior - physiology Substance Abuse, Intravenous - physiopathology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • First Indian study to use five factor model to describe injecting drug users personality. • Provides insight in personality of injecting drug users vis-a-vis alcohol dependent clients. • Injecting drug users display deviant lifestyle as compared to those dependent on alcohol. • Personality traits found to be significantly different between the two groups.
ISSN:	1876-2018 1876-2026
DOI:	10.1016/j.ajp.2016.10.026