Personality disorder in obsessive-compulsive volunteers, well comparison subjects, and their first-degree relatives.
OBJECTIVE
The authors sought to determine the frequency of DSM-III personality disorders in subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder, well comparison subjects, and their first-degree relatives.


METHODS
Thirty-two subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder and 33 age-(within 5 years) and gender-matched well comparison subjects were assessed with the Structured Interview for DSM-III Personality Disorder and several self-report instruments. Their first-degree relatives were assessed in a blind manner with the same instruments.


RESULTS
Subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder were more likely than well comparison subjects to have a personality disorder, but compulsive personality was not the most frequent. No significant differences were found in the prevalence of personality disorders among first-degree relatives, including compulsive personality, or in obsessional, hysterical, or oral character traits.


CONCLUSIONS
Personality disorders are highly prevalent among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, but the data do not support a relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder and compulsive personality.
Black
D W
DW
Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine.
Noyes
R
R
Pfohl
B
B
Goldstein
R B
RB
Blum
N
N
D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D010555:Personality Inventory; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales