1. Changes in DSM-III-R axis II diagnoses following treatment of obsessive- compulsive disorder
- Author
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Michael A. Jenike, Sholtz D, Fischer Sc, Lee Baer, Joseph N. Ricciardi, and Buttolph Ml
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ,medicine.medical_specialty ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Behavioral therapy ,Dsm iii r ,Personality Disorders ,Severity of Illness Index ,Combined treatment ,Behavior Therapy ,Obsessive compulsive ,medicine ,Humans ,Personality ,Medical diagnosis ,Psychiatry ,Aged ,media_common ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Combined Modality Therapy ,Personality disorders ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Concomitant ,Female ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Seventeen patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and concomitant personality disorders were treated with pharmacologic and/or behavioral therapy and reassessed after 4 months. Nine of the 10 patients who responded to treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder no longer met criteria for a personality disorder. Of the seven nonresponders, five continued to meet criteria for a personality disorder.
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- 1992