The aim of this study is to estimate the frequency of personality disorders in patients with recurrent unipolar or bipolar affective disorders and the possible relationship of the categorical model with two dynamic psychopathological configurations. Forty-eight patients were studied using semi-structured interviews for assessing Axis I and Axis II disorders. We found that approximately 70% of p...

Personality disorders have been documented in approximately 9 percent of the general U.S. population. Psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and brief interventions designed for use by family physicians can improve the health of patients with these disorders. Personality disorders are classified into clusters A, B, and C. Cluster A includes schizoid, schizotypal, and paranoid personality disorders. Cl...

introduction: the aim of this study is essay, the association between borderline ersonality disorder and premenstrual syndrome in patients with borderline personality.  method: in this case -control study, 400 students at high schools stage of education in tehran, randomly selected. all the students were aged between 19-15 y , did not use ocp, regular menstrual cycles and cycle lengths (between...

OBJECTIVE This paper reports the first population estimates of prevalence and correlates of personality disorders in the Mexican population. METHOD Personality disorders screening questions from the International Personality Disorder Examination were administered to a representative sample of the Mexican urban adult population (n = 2,362) as part of the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey, va...

BACKGROUND Previous research has indicated that aggressive behaviour and DSM-IV cluster B personality disorders (PD) may be associated with professionals' emotional reactions to clients, and that cluster C PD may be associated with positive emotional reactions. METHODS Staff members recruited from workshops completed a self-report inventory of emotional reactions to patients, the Feeling Word...

background and purpose: personality disorders may lead to addiction and viral diseases. on the other hand, addiction and viral infections also cause mental and personality disorders. this research aimed at comparing personality disorders and clinical symptoms between male prisoners. materials and methods: a cross–sectional study was conducted in male prisoners in quchan, iran, 2014. three group...

This investigation examined whether Cluster B and Cluster C personality disorder symptoms moderate the relationship between social problem-solving skills and depressive symptoms. Participants were 102 young adults, assessed for personality disorder traits and depressive symptoms. Participants completed a novel performance-based assessment and a self-report measure of social problem-solving skil...

conclusions the results of this study in terms of personality disorders and types of used drugs were in accordance with the previous studies results. it is necessary to design appropriate treatment plans for medical treatment of those with personality disorders. results there was a significant correlation between stimulant use and histrionic personality disorder (p < 0.001) and antisocial and n...