title: [A Systematic Review of Personality Disorders and Addiction: Epidemiology, Course and Treatment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper provides a systematic overview of the comorbidity of personality and addictive disorders including behavioural addictions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Personality disorders and substance-related addictions show high comorbidity rates. This is equally true of behavioural addictions. Most empirical research is on comorbidity with borderline personality disorder. For treatment of individuals with dual diagnoses, three psychotherapies have been demonstrated to be effective. Pharmacotherapeutic approaches have hardly been investigated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  METHODologically integrative treatment represents therapy of choice for patients with dual diagnoses. Comorbidity of personality disorders and behavioural addictions needs further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK), Universität Basel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Euler
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Spezifische Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Psychiatrie Baselland, Liestal.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sollberger
authors.affiliation: Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK), Universität Basel.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bader
authors.affiliation: Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK), Universität Basel.
authors.forename: U E
authors.initials: UE
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.affiliation: Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK), Universität Basel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*