PATRONES DE PERSONALIDAD Y OTROS TRASTORNOS PSICOPATOLÓGICOS ASOCIADOS EN DROGODEPENDIENTES EN TRATAMIENTO.

The article makes a descriptive analysis of the personality profiles, other possible psychopathological disorders as well as socio-demographic factors and the characteristics of the substances used in the population of drug addicts in “Proyecto Hombre Valladolid”. The EuropASI and MCMI-III tests were applied. The results show that the profile of the user is mostly a male (84.91%), single (68.87%), with an average age of 33.08; who has primary education studies (65.09%), whose habitual or last occupation has been a work without previous training (82.1%) and its main source of income has come from his primary support network (52.38%); he is a consumer of various substances, mainly alcohol along with other drugs (27.36%), cocaine (19.81%) and cannabis (16.04%). The most prevalent clinical patterns of personality types are antisocial (25.5%) paranoid (13.2%) and narcissistic (11.3%). The more common clinical syndromes of moderate severity in addition to dependence on substances (81.1%), are anxiety disorder (63.2%) and alcohol dependence (33.9%), while among serious clinical syndromes the disorder of thought (24.5%) and delusional disorder (22.6%) are on top. These results agree with other studies analysed. In conclusion, the article points out the importance of conducting a prior assessment of all users that demand treatment to plan the objectives for that treatment in advance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]