Abstract | OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the axis II comorbidity of 202 patients whose borderline personality disorder (BPD) remitted over 6 years of prospective follow-up to that of 88 whose BPD never remitted. METHOD: The axis II comorbidity of 290 patients meeting both DIB-R and DSM-III-R criteria for BPD was assessed at baseline using a semistructured interview of demonstrated reliability. Over 96% of surviving patients were reinterviewed about their co-occurring axis II disorders blind to all previously collected information at three distinct follow-up waves: 2-, 4-, and 6-year follow-up. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that axis II disorders co-occur less commonly with BPD over time, particularly for remitted borderline patients. They also suggest that anxious cluster disorders are the axis II disorders which most impede symptomatic remission from BPD.
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Authors | M C Zanarini, F R Frankenburg, A A Vujanovic, J Hennen, D B Reich, K R Silk |
Journal | Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
(Acta Psychiatr Scand)
Vol. 110
Issue 6
Pg. 416-20
(Dec 2004)
ISSN: 0001-690X [Print] United States |
PMID | 15521825
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Anxiety
(epidemiology)
- Borderline Personality Disorder
(epidemiology, psychology, therapy)
- Comorbidity
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Massachusetts
(epidemiology)
- Paranoid Disorders
(epidemiology)
- Prognosis
- Remission Induction
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
(epidemiology)
- Sex Factors
- Time Factors
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