Abstract |
In an earlier report, we stated that personality profiles of patients with panic disorder/ agoraphobia (n = 187) and obsessive-compulsive disorder ([ODC] n = 51) were similar, albeit more pronounced in OCD, suggesting that the link between panic disorder/ agoraphobia and DSM-III personality disorders (PDs) or traits may be nonspecific. The present report extends the comparative study of DSM-III PDs/traits, as assessed by the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire ( PDQ), by adding a third diagnostic group of 39 patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The personality assessment of panic disorder/ agoraphobia and GAD patients yielded virtually identical results on the PDQ and Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI). Because GAD lacks the prominent panic, phobic, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms of other anxiety disorders, the present findings provide strong support for a nonspecific link between panic disorder/ agoraphobia and DSM-III PDs/traits and for the presence of common personality characteristics in anxiety disorders.
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Authors | M R Mavissakalian, M S Hamann, S Abou Haidar, C M de Groot |
Journal | Comprehensive psychiatry
(Compr Psychiatry)
1993 Jul-Aug
Vol. 34
Issue 4
Pg. 243-8
ISSN: 0010-440X [Print] United States |
PMID | 8348802
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Agoraphobia
(diagnosis)
- Anxiety Disorders
(diagnosis)
- Female
- Humans
- Life Change Events
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(diagnosis)
- Panic Disorder
(diagnosis)
- Personality Disorders
(diagnosis)
- Personality Inventory
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
- Severity of Illness Index
- Terminology as Topic
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