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Changes in DSM-III-R axis II diagnoses following treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder
J N Ricciardi1, L Baer, M A Jenike
1Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Clinic and Research Unit, Charlestown 02129.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|June 1, 1992
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.