title: Standardized assessment of personality disorders in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: We assessed 96 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder for DSM-III personality disorder diagnoses with a standardized interview instrument (Structured Interview for the DSM-III Personality Disorders). Fifty patients (52%) met criteria for at least one personality disorder, with mixed, dependent, and histrionic personality disorders most frequently diagnosed. Compulsive personality disorder was diagnosed in only 6 patients (6%), 5 of whom had had onset of obsessive-compulsive symptoms before the age of 10 years, indicating that DSM-III compulsive personality disorder is not invariably a premorbid condition for the development of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Schizotypal personality disorder, at 5%, was found to be less common than in past samples, reflecting differences in either assessment methods or sampling.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baer
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jenike
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Ricciardi
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Seymour
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Minichiello
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Buttolph
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001900:Boston / Q000453:epidemiology; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology