Citation

Rabei SH, El-Din MH. Egypt. J. Psychiatr. 2020; 41(1): 51-56.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Egyptian National Scientific Technical Information Network ( ENSTINET ), Publisher Wolters Kluwer/Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/ejpsy.ejpsy_25_19

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Paternal comorbid personality disorder among fathers with substance-related disorder may directly throw its effect on child monitoring and disciplinary practices or indirectly through its impact on the interparental relationship on their children and adolescents.

Objective: The objective of this study was to illustrate the pattern of behavioral problems of children and adolescents of substance-related disorder fathers with comorbid personality disorder, and to explore the association between these behavioral problems of children and adolescents.

Patients and methods: One hundred patients were recruited from the inpatient wards and outpatient clinics of the Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University. They were subjected to a structured clinical interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV Axis I diagnosis (clinical version), SCID-II and child behavior checklist.

Results and conclusion: Depressive, paranoid, passive aggressive, narcissistic, and antisocial personality disorders in fathers with substance-related disorder have the worst impact on child behavioral problems..

Keywords: behavioral problems, children and adolescents, personality disorders, substance-related disorder

Language: en