The self-medication hypothesis of addictive disorders derives primarily from clinical
observations of patients with substance use disorders. Individuals discover that the specific …

We review recent research on the prevalence, causes, and effects of diagnostic comorbidity
among the most common groups of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders; anxiety …

Losing Control: How And Why People Fail At Self-regulation Page 1 Losing Control: How And
Why People Fail At Self-regulation Roy F Baumeister Todd F Heatherton Dianne M Tice Losing …

The present study proposed and tested a motivational model of alcohol use in which people
are hypothesized to use alcohol to regulate both positive and negative emotions. Two …

Not everyone who experiments with substance use or risky behavior becomes addicted, and
many who are addicted have been able to recover. This authoritative book, now revised and …

Sociopaths are “outstanding” members of society in two senses: politically, they draw our
attention because of the inordinate amount of crime they commit, and psychologically, they …

This study uses a representative general population sample of 699 adolescents and their
families to examine the effects of parenting practices, particularly support and control, on the …

The latent structure and stability of 10 common mental disorders were examined in a birth
cohort at ages 18 and 21. A 2-factor model, in which some disorders were presumed to …

A sample of 253 children of alcoholics (COAs) and 237 children of nonalcoholics (non-
COAs) were compared on alcohol and drug use, psychopathology, cognitive ability, and …

Discusses the relation between personality factors and 2 adult forms of disinhibitory
psychopathology: alcohol abuse or dependence and antisocial personality disorder. First …