10.26180/5e8d30bf9ba08 BENJAMIN RAY CASTINE BENJAMIN RAY CASTINE Multimodal Assessment of Self-Awareness in Adults with Substance Use Disorder Monash University 2020 Addiction Substance Use Disorder Self-Awareness Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) Clinical Psychology 2020-04-08 02:02:31 Thesis https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Multimodal_Assessment_of_Self-Awareness_in_Adults_with_Substance_Use_Disorder/12094200 Substance use disorders (SUDs) are chronic, relapsing conditions with significant psychosocial consequences. This thesis examined whether self-awareness, the ability to maintain an accurate, objective perception of oneself and to act accordingly, may be disrupted in SUDs including in Cocaine (CUD) and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). Both treatment-enrolled and non-treatment seeking adults with SUD exhibited disrupted self-awareness relative to healthy adults, which was related to reduced motivation for treatment and increased severity of addiction. Assessing and treating difficulties in self-awareness may promote addiction treatment engagement and motivation in both non-treatment seeking treatment-enrolled adults with SUD.