title: Age and remission of personality pathology in the psychotic disorders compared to mood and/or anxiety disorders.
abstract: In order to explore age-related differences in personality pathology between psychotic disorder (PSD) and mood and/or anxiety disorder (MAD) among psychiatric outpatients, 2,354 subjects were sampled randomly from outpatients in Shanghai and divided into two groups: PSD (N = 951) and MAD (N = 1403). Dimensional scores for personality disorder (PD) traits were assessed by using a self-reported personality diagnostic questionnaire (PDQ4+). Significant age differences were observed in most of the PD traits in MAD patients. Cluster B and C PD traits displayed an apparent decrease with age in MAD group, but such decline trend was not evident in PSD group. In both groups, the decline of self-reported Cluster A PD traits were less visible than the other clusters. Age-related mellowing of some PD traits such as "dramatic, erratic, anxious" occurred primarily in MAD patients; however the same traits in PSD patients appear to be less resistant to aging. Besides, "old eccentric" PD traits in both MAD and PSD patients seem to be maintained and less modified by aging.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China. zhang_tianhong@126.com
authors.forename: Tianhong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Mary-Jo D
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Good
authors.forename: Byron J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Good
authors.forename: Annabelle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Lanlan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yunfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Zeping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D002681:China; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D010045:Outpatients; D010551:Personality / Q000145:classification*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012074:Remission Induction; D055815:Young Adult