title: Assessment of personality disorders in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. A comparison of self-report and structured interview methods.
abstract: Interest in assessing Personality Disorders (PDs) in association with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) has been accompanied by the development of several structured interview and self-report measures. In an attempt to see how the self-report Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-II) compared with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID-II) in the assessment of PDs, we gave both instruments to 43 inpatients with a diagnosis of AN or BN. Correlation coefficient values for both categorical and dimensional comparisons were generally less than .4. Although comparable rates of positive PDs occurred for each of the three clusters (A: 30.2% vs. 34.9%, B: 25.6% vs. 18.6%, and C: 62.8% vs. 81.4% for SCID-II vs. MCMI-II), agreement for individual diagnosis and individual subjects was poor. In conclusion, the MCMI-II did not prove to be a reliable instrument for assessing axis II PDs in patients with AN and BN when compared with the SCID-II.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Toronto Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rockert
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mendlowitz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ralevski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clewes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity