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[Personality disorders and depression]
Zhurnal Nevrologii I Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova
|December 14, 2012
Summary
Personality disorders, both affective and non-affective, are linked to melancholic depression. A proposed "syndrome of depression risk" may predict and influence affective disorders.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry and Psychology
- Clinical Research on Mental Health Disorders
Context:
- Investigated comorbid relationships between personality disorders (PD) and depression.
- Included 35 patients with affective and non-affective PD types (anxiety-hypochondriac character).
Purpose:
- To analyze the comorbid relations between different types of personality disorders and depression.
- To postulate the formation of a clinical entity, melancholic depression, across PD types.
- To propose a 'personality complex' or 'syndrome of depression risk'.
Summary:
- All patients, regardless of PD type, presented with melancholic depression.
- A 'syndrome of depression risk' is suggested to predict and influence the clinical characteristics of phasic affective disorders.
- This syndrome encompasses obligatory, facultative, and latent abnormal personality traits.
Impact:
- Extends the concept of 'syndrome of depression risk' to non-affective PDs, including anxiety-hypochondriac character.
- Suggests a spectrum model for understanding affective abnormalities and personality disorders.
- Provides a framework for considering personality traits in the development and presentation of depressive disorders.
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