title: Temporal coherence of criteria for four personality disorders.
abstract: This study sought to investigate the coherence of changes observed in diagnostic criteria for borderline, schizotypal, obsessive-compulsive, and avoidant personality disorders. Five hundred, forty-nine patients were independently evaluated 2 years apart, and correlations of observed changes in each diagnostic criterion with changes in other criteria were examined to determine if there was within-syndrome consistency in these changes. The observed changes in criteria were consistent within syndrome (median alpha = 0.72 across 4 disorders), and reasonably specific to that syndrome relative to the other disorders. The results support the validity of these criterion sets as representing coherent syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4235, USA. lcm@psyc.tamu.edu
authors.forename: Leslie C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Morey
authors.forename: Andrew E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Skodol
authors.forename: Carlos M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Grilo
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sanislow
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Zanarini
authors.forename: M Tracie
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Shea
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gunderson
authors.forename: Thomas H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: McGlashan
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors