Adult male alcoholics with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) have abnormally low emotional reactivity.That’s what a U.S. study in the December issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research found.Emotional reactivity refers to how people respond to pleasant and unpleasant events.The researchers say their findings may indicate these people have dysfunction in areas of the brain that control how they relate to their environment and make adaptive decisions. This may promote development of alcoholism through maladaptive, disinhibited behavior.
