Journal article
Personality disorder in obsessive-compulsive volunteers, well comparison subjects, and their first-degree relatives
The American journal of psychiatry, Vol.150(8), pp.1226-1232
08/1993
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.150.8.1226
PMID: 8328568
Abstract
The authors sought to determine the frequency of DSM-III personality disorders in subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder, well comparison subjects, and their first-degree relatives.
Thirty-two subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder and 33 age-(within 5 years) and gender-matched well comparison subjects were assessed with the Structured Interview for DSM-III Personality Disorder and several self-report instruments. Their first-degree relatives were assessed in a blind manner with the same instruments.
Subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder were more likely than well comparison subjects to have a personality disorder, but compulsive personality was not the most frequent. No significant differences were found in the prevalence of personality disorders among first-degree relatives, including compulsive personality, or in obsessional, hysterical, or oral character traits.
Personality disorders are highly prevalent among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, but the data do not support a relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder and compulsive personality.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Personality disorder in obsessive-compulsive volunteers, well comparison subjects, and their first-degree relatives
- Creators
- D W Black - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of MedicineR Noyes JrB PfohlR B GoldsteinN Blum
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of psychiatry, Vol.150(8), pp.1226-1232
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1176/ajp.150.8.1226
- PMID
- 8328568
- ISSN
- 0002-953X
- eISSN
- 1535-7228
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/1993
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984004183602771
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