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Background and Objectives: the comorbidity of personality disorders in patients who use psychoactive substances is common in psychiatric practice. The epidemiology of disharmonious personality traits in patients with ADHD and addictions in adulthood is still insufficiently researched. The study investigated the typology of personality traits in a group of adult patients consuming psychoactive substances, in whom symptoms of ADHD were identified. Materials and Methods: the study evaluates a group of 104 patients with chronic psychoactive substances abuse, in whom symptoms of ADHD were identified in early adulthood, in terms of comorbid personality traits. Results: statistically significant data have been obtained regarding the presence of clinical traits characteristic for cluster B personality disorders, the patients presenting lower levels of self-control, self-image instability, difficulties in the areas of social relationships and own identity integration. Conclusions: ADHD symptomatology precedes the clinical traits of personality disorders in patients with addictions, negatively influencing chronic evolution and quality of life.

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are highly heterogeneous disorders. The heterogeneity of Autistic Spectrum Disorders can be determined by comorbid psychiatric disorders like ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder).The objective of this research is to analyse the outcome of a sample of preschoolers diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) comorbid with ADHD symptoms involved in an Applied Behavioural Analysis program and to compare the efficacy of ABA between this group and a control group comprised of children with ASD alone.We monitored, using ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) and ADHD -RS (ADHD Rating Scale) at the baseline (T0) and after one year (T1), a sample of 48 children (2-5 years old