• Alexandra Mariana Buică, Diana Monica Preda, Lucia Emanuela Andrei, Mihaela Stancu, Nicolae Gică, and Florina Rad.
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
• Medicina (Kaunas). 2022 Jul 20; 58 (7).

AbstractBackground and Objectives: the comorbidity of personality disorders in patients who use psychoactive substances is common in psychiatric practice. The epidemiology of disharmonious personality traits in patients with ADHD and addictions in adulthood is still insufficiently researched. The study investigated the typology of personality traits in a group of adult patients consuming psychoactive substances, in whom symptoms of ADHD were identified. Materials and Methods: the study evaluates a group of 104 patients with chronic psychoactive substances abuse, in whom symptoms of ADHD were identified in early adulthood, in terms of comorbid personality traits. Results: statistically significant data have been obtained regarding the presence of clinical traits characteristic for cluster B personality disorders, the patients presenting lower levels of self-control, self-image instability, difficulties in the areas of social relationships and own identity integration. Conclusions: ADHD symptomatology precedes the clinical traits of personality disorders in patients with addictions, negatively influencing chronic evolution and quality of life.

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