Cluster a personality disorder: a marker of worse treatment outcome of major depression?
This study attempted to identify a specific personality disorder (PD) cluster associated with poor outcome after a 4-month course of antidepressant therapy. Subjects were 96 consecutive outpatients with major depression. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID) was used to make Axis I and Axis II diagnoses. To evaluate the net effect of each PD cluster on the outcome of depression, a log-linear model was applied. The analysis showed that the presence of a PD from cluster A was significantly correlated with the 4-month outcome of depression.
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Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyookadai Hospital, Ehime-ken, Japan.
Sakado
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Sato
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Morikawa
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000928:Antidepressive Agents