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PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER AMONG HEROIN DEPENDENT PATIENTS WITH METHADONE MAINTENANCE TREATMENT:A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY

XU Yanmi

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Objective:To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of anti- social personality disorder(ASPD) among heroin dependent patients with methadone maintenance treatment.Methods:Six hundred and three methadone- maintained heroin dependent patients were interviewed by well- trained psychiatrists according to ASPD module of Chinese version of Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.Results:The lifetime prevalence of ASPD was 36.8%(95% CI:33.0%-40.6%); Male in gender,with education level of primary school,unmarried,unemployed,injected heroin intravenously and average heroin dose ≥ 1 g · d- 1before entering methadone maintenance treatment,were significantly associated with higher prevalence of ASPD.Conclusion:ASPD is common among heroin addicts under methadone maintenance treatment,and special clinical attention should be paid to this issue.

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Objective:To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of anti- social personality disorder(ASPD) among heroin dependent patients with methadone maintenance treatment.Methods:Six hundred and three methadone- maintained heroin dependent patients were interviewed by well- trained psychiatrists according to ASPD module of Chinese version of Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.Results:The lifetime prevalence of ASPD was 36.8%(95% CI:33.0%-40.6%); Male in gender,with education level of primary school,unmarried,unemployed,injected heroin intravenously and average heroin dose ≥ 1 g · d- 1before entering methadone maintenance treatment,were significantly associated with higher prevalence of ASPD.Conclusion:ASPD is common among heroin addicts under methadone maintenance treatment,and special clinical attention should be paid to this issue.

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Objective:To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of anti- social personality disorder(ASPD) among heroin dependent patients with methadone maintenance treatment.Methods:Six hundred and three methadone- maintained heroin dependent patients were interviewed by well- trained psychiatrists according to ASPD module of Chinese version of Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.Results:The lifetime prevalence of ASPD was 36.8%(95% CI:33.0%-40.6%); Male in gender,with education level of primary school,unmarried,unemployed,injected heroin intravenously and average heroin dose ≥ 1 g · d- 1before entering methadone maintenance treatment,were significantly associated with higher prevalence of ASPD.Conclusion:ASPD is common among heroin addicts under methadone maintenance treatment,and special clinical attention should be paid to this issue.

Key concepts: Heroin, Methadone, Methadone maintenance, Antisocial personality disorder, Psychiatry, Heroin dependence, Cross-sectional study, Psychology

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