title: PERSONALITY FEATURES AND DISORDER IN THE SUBJECTS IN THE NEW YORK HIGH-RISK PROJECT.
abstract: One hundred and seventy-five offspring of parents in two psychiatrically ill groups and of normal controls in the New York High-Risk Project (NYHRP) were assessed for Axis II personality traits and disorders as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised (DSM-III-R). These offspring include: subjects at high risk for schizophrenia (HRSz, n = 48), all of whom have a parent with schizophrenic disorder; subjects at high risk for affective disorder (HRAff, n = 40), all of whom have a parent with affective disorder; and subjects at no increased risk for psychiatric illness (NC, n = 87), whose parents are psychiatrically normal. The trained interviewers, who administered a standardized direct interview, were blind to parental clinical status and to previous clinical status of the offspring.The rates for any personality disorder (PD) ranged from 7% to 20%. Comorbidity between Axis I and Axis II disorders was high for all groups.
authors.affiliation: Division of Developmental Behavioral Studies, Department of Medical Genetics, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Squires-Wheeler
authors.forename: Andrew E
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authors.lastname: Skodol
authors.forename: Ulla Hilldoff
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authors.lastname: Adamo
authors.forename: Anne S
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authors.lastname: Bassett
authors.forename: George R
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authors.lastname: Gewirtz
authors.forename: William G
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authors.lastname: Honer
authors.forename: Barbara A
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authors.lastname: Cornblatt
authors.forename: Simone A
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authors.lastname: Roberts
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authors.lastname: Erlenmeyer-Kimling