title: Comorbidity of personality disorders with bipolar mood disorders.
abstract: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of personality disorders in a group of outpatients with bipolar I disorder. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders (SCID-II) was administered to 90 bipolar outpatients who met the DSM-III-R criteria and 58 control subjects. Of the patients and controls, 47.7% and 15.5%, respectively, had at least one personality disorder. At least one personality disorder in clusters A, B, and C and obsessive-compulsive, paranoid, histrionic, and borderline personality disorders were significantly more prevalent in bipolars. Suicide attempts were more frequent in patients with a history of personality disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uçok
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karaveli
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kundakçi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yazici
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014421:Turkey