title: Recent trends in the pharmacotherapy of personality disorders.
abstract: This article reviews pharmacologic trials conducted between 2000 and 2003 directed at the treatment of borderline personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder. Atypical antipsychotics, antiepileptics, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, omega fatty acids, and opioid antagonists have all been studied in the treatment of borderline personality disorder with positive results. Atypical antipsychotics have been studied in both schizotypal personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder, again with encouraging outcome reports. Implications of personality changes in response to pharmacologic treatment are discussed. Based on the prevalence of these disorders and the burden they cause to afflicted individuals and society, further trials are unequivocally indicated.
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University, USA. pjmforbpd@aol.com
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Markovitz
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012919:Social Behavior; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors