Prediction of alcohol use disorder using personality disorder traits: a twin study.
Tom H RosenströmFartein Ask TorvikEivind YstrømNikolai Olavi CzajkowskiNathan A GillespieSteven H AggenRobert F KruegerKenneth S KendlerTed Reichborn-KjennerudPublished in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2017)
Conduct disorder and self-harming impulsivity are the foremost risk traits for alcohol use disorder among the 80 personality disorder criteria of DSM-IV, predicting alcohol use disorder more effectively than personality disorder diagnoses. The twin-study analysis suggested that conduct disorder represents a joint genetic and developmental risk for alcohol use disorder and that impulsivity is a genetic risk.