Experiential avoidance, empathy, and anger-related attitudesin antisocial personality disorder.

Background/aim: In prevailing opinion, a strong relation exists between lack of empathy and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). However, recent data fail to wholly clarify this relation, especially in consideration of empathy dimensions. In this study our aim was to address ASPD and social functionality from a contextual behavioral science viewpoint.

Metacognitive and Meta-Emotional Styles in Patients With Alcohol and the Other Substance Dependence.

Background: Both alcohol and other substances are utilized for emotional and cognitive regulation.

Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to compare metacognitive styles and distress intolerance in patients with alcohol and other substance dependence.

Patients And Methods: According to DSM-IV TR criteria, 45 patients with alcohol dependence (AD), 44 patients with substance dependence (SD), and 43 volunteers without AD or SD (control group) were enrolled.