Depressive symptomatology in smokers with personality disorders who participated in a psychological treatment programe for smoking cessation / Sintomatologí­a depresiva en fumadores con trastornos de la personalidad que participaron en un programa (...)

Authors

  • Elena Fernández del Rí­o Smoking Addiction Unit, University of Santiago de Compostela
  • Ana López Smoking Addiction Unit, University of Santiago de Compostela
  • Elisardo Becoña Smoking Addiction Unit, University of Santiago de Compostela

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21134/haaj.v10i1.38

Keywords:

Depresión, trastornos de personalidad, dejar de fumar, BDI-II. / Keywords, Depression, personality disorders, smoking cessation, BDI-II.

Abstract

El presente estudio analiza la presencia de sintomatologí­a depresiva en una muestra de 202 fumadores con y sin trastornos de personalidad que acuden a un tratamiento psicológico para dejar de fumar.
Los resultados encontrados indican que el grupo de fumadores con trastornos de personalidad presentó más sí­ntomas depresivos que el grupo de fumadores sin trastornos de personalidad, tanto al inicio del tratamiento como al finalizar el mismo. Este hallazgo confirmarí­a la frecuente asociación entre trastornos del Eje II y malestar emocional, producto del deterioro del funcionamiento general del sujeto por causa de los patrones de comportamiento inflexibles caracterí­sticos de los trastornos de personalidad.

 

Abstract

The present study analyzes the presence of depressive symptomatology in a sample of 202 smokers with and without personality disorders who participate in a psychological treatment programme for giving up smoking. The results indicate that the group of smokers with personality disorders presented more depressive symptoms than the group of smokers without personality disorders, both at the start and at the end of the treatment. This finding would confirm the widely found association between Axis II disorders and emotional distress, resulting from the deterioration of the individual’s general functioning due to the inflexible
behaviour patterns characteristic of personality disorders.

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Published

2010-06-02

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Depressive symptomatology in smokers with personality disorders who participated in a psychological treatment programe for smoking cessation / Sintomatologí­a depresiva en fumadores con trastornos de la personalidad que participaron en un programa (...). (2010). Health and Addictions Journal Revista Salud Y Drogas, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.21134/haaj.v10i1.38

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