Abstract
Outpatients with a principal diagnosis of an anxiety disorder (n = 347) were administered the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R/Axis II Disorders (SCID-II) during their intake evaluation. At least one personality disorder was found in 35% of these patients. Patients with social phobia (61%) and generalized anxiety disorder (49%) were most often diagnosed with a personality disorder. Patients with simple phobia were rarely diagnosed with a personality disorder (12%). The most commonly diagnosed personality disorders were from the "anxious/fearful" cluster (27% received at least one diagnosis from cluster C), most notably avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality. Our findings suggest that personality disorders, in general, are less prevalent among anxious patients than among depressive patients.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 167-174 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Psychiatry Research |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1994 |
Keywords
- Diagnosis
- avoidant disorder
- comorbidity
- obsessive-compulsive disorder
- social phobia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Biological Psychiatry