title: Familiality of DSM-III dramatic and anxious personality clusters.
abstract: This double-blind family study was an investigation of the familiality of DSM-III avoidant, dependent, borderline, anxious cluster, and flamboyant cluster personality disorders (PDs) using a standardized DSM-III axis II measure. With the exception of borderline personality, there are no previous reports in this area. Avoidant, dependent, and anxious cluster PDs showed significant familiality. Borderline showed a trend in the direction of familiality but did not reach significance (p = .07). Relatives of flamboyant cluster PDs demonstrated significant but heterogeneous personality disorder pathology.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Brockton, MA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Reich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000235:genetics; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D006677:Histrionic Personality Disorder / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010200:Panic; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000235:genetics*