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Co-occurrence of Personality Disorders in Patients with Anxiety Disorders
Abstract
The co-occurrence between personality disorders and anxiety disorders may have important implications. Multiple diagnoses can give us an idea of the severity of the disorder, functioning impairment and prognosis. The aim of this study was two-fold, to analyze the co-occurrence between personality disorders and anxiety disorders, and to identify personality disorder profiles in different anxiety disorders. A total of 31 patients with anxiety disorders participated in the study. They were divided into four groups: specific phobia, social phobia, generalized anxiety and panic with or without the presence of agoraphobia. The assessment instruments used were The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory II and the Anxiety Disorders Interview according to the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The specific phobia group presented lower scores on the different scales and lower frequency of personality disorders. On the contrary, the generalized anxiety group had a higher rate of multiple diagnoses of personality disorders. Higher scores were observed in the schizoid, dependent, self-defeating, avoidant and compulsive scales. Each anxiety disorder presented a profile of personality disorders. Co-occurrence between disorders may help to understand the success or failure of a treatment, so the systematic evaluation of pathological personality in the clinical setting is recommended.Keywords:
co-occurrence, anxiety disorders, personality disordersDownloads
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Robles-Ortega, H., Mata-Martín, J. L., Sánchez-Barrera, M. B., Vera-Guerrero, M. N., Pegalajar, J., Mezcua, A., Fernández-Santaella, M. C., & Vila, J. (2016). Co-occurrence of Personality Disorders in Patients with Anxiety Disorders. Revista De Psicología, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2016.41466
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