Personality and use-abuse of ecstasy (MDMA)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.461Keywords:
ecstasy, personality, impulsivity, sensation seeking, serotonineAbstract
Objective: to update and synthesize the knowledge about the relationship between personality and the use-abuse of ecstasy. Method: revision and collection of data from the scientific literature on the subject. Results: the strongest data point toward the presence of characteristics of impulsivity, disinhibition and seeking of experiences as being the most prominent in consumers of ecstasy than in non-consumer controls. These personality data are consistent with the hypofunction of the serotonergic system that neurobiological studies have demonstrated in this population. Conclusion: Prospective, double blind, placebocontrolled studies are necessary which permit us to clarify whether the data found in naturalistic studies are the cause of the consumption of ecstasy or whether they are the consequence of the consumption of such.References
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