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Alcoholism and antisocial personality

1979; Wiley; Volume: 59; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1600-0447.1979.tb00248.x

1600-0447

Matti Virkkunen,

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

The picture of alcoholism in criminals with an antisocial personality was compared with criminals with other personality disorders. Fewer of those who had an antisocial personality were physically dependent on alcohol than those with other personality disorders. They considered their alcoholism to be a problem and behaved as if it were only rare. However, they had a strong tendency to behave abnormally under the influence of alcohol over and over again. In these respects the situation among those who were below the age of 20 was similar. To a great extent, the fathers of those who had an antisocial personality had also had a tendency towards abnormal behavior under the influence of alcohol. This was not so often found in the control group.