The object relations of individuals who misuse alcohol and have co-morbid depressive or bipolar disorders and/or personality disorders
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Authors
Erasmus, Maeve Sophia
Issue Date
2016-03
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Addiction , Alcohol abuse , Alcohol use , Alcohol misuse , Bipolar disorders , Mood disorders , Object relations theory , Personality disorders , Psychodynamic therapy
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Abstract
This study explored the Object Relations of a sample of 45 subjects who were using alcohol and were diagnosed with co-morbid Depressive or Bipolar disorders and/or Personality disorders. All subjects were receiving treatment at a government psychiatric hospital in South Africa. The similarities and differences in the Object Relations of these individuals were identified. A biographical questionnaire, the Alcohol Use Disorder Test (AUDIT), which was used as a screening measure, and the Bells Object Relations and Reality Testing Inventory (BORRTI) were administered to obtain information from a purposive sample. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the results of the assessment measures. Analysis of the BORRTI data indicated a high rate of depressive and personality disorders within this sample. Results of the sub-sample (n=29) whose scores were included in the Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient analysis indicate that higher levels of alcohol consumption result in increased levels of hallucinations and delusions. Other correlations were identified between high levels of alcohol consumption and heightened levels of reality distortions and more uncertainty in the perceptions of these individuals. Significant differences in the scores of the male and female participants were identified. With the female participants, the higher the level of alcohol consumption, the lower the individuals scored in terms of pathological levels of egocentricity, uncertain perceptions, insecure attachments, alienation, social incompetence as well as hallucinations and delusions. Alternatively, in the male sample, higher levels of alcohol consumption result in increased hallucinations and delusions, reality distortions, uncertainty in perceptions, alienation, social incompetence and egocentricity.
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Erasmus, Maeve Sophia (2016) The object relations of individual who misuse alcohol and have co-mornid depressive of bipolar disorders and/or personality disorders, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21914>