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Comorbidity between obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) and personality disorders
Author(s) -
Bejerot S.,
Ekselius L.,
Knorring L.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10021.x
Subject(s) - irritability , personality disorders , personality , psychology , avoidant personality disorder , sadistic personality disorder , clinical psychology , comorbidity , anxiety , psychiatry , personality assessment inventory , anxiety disorder , social psychology
The aims of the present study were to examine the frequency of personality disorders in 36 patients with obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD), and to investigate whether patients with a coexisting personality disorder could be characterized by certain personality traits assessed by means of the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP). In total, 27 (75%) of the OCD patients fulfilled the DSM‐III‐R criteria for a personality disorder, and 13 patients (36%) had an obsessive‐compulsive personality disorder. Subjects with a comorbid personality disorder had significantly higher scores on most of the KSP scales, including all anxiety scales, as well as scales measuring indirect aggression, irritability, guilt and detachment, whereas subjects without personality disorders did not differ significantly from healthy controls with regard to personality traits.