Social phobia and personality disorder: severity of complaint and treatment effectiveness

Thirty-four patients meeting the DSM-III-R criteria for social phobia participated in a study on the relationship between per sonality disorder, symptom pattern, and treatment outcome. Eight patients (23.5%) were diagnosed with a personality disor der; 26 patients did not receive an Axis II diagnosi...

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Published inJournal of personality disorders Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 143 - 159
Main Authors MERSCH, P. P. A, JANSEN, M. A, ARNTZ, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Guilford 01.06.1995
Guilford Press
Subjects
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Fear & phobias
Medical sciences
Personality Problems
Phobia
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Human
Symptomatology
Concomitant disease
Social phobia
Treatment efficiency
Anxiety disorder
Social aptitude
Exposure
Behavior therapy
Rational emotive therapy
Psychological training
Personality disorder
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Summary:Thirty-four patients meeting the DSM-III-R criteria for social phobia participated in a study on the relationship between per sonality disorder, symptom pattern, and treatment outcome. Eight patients (23.5%) were diagnosed with a personality disor der; 26 patients did not receive an Axis II diagnosis. Half of both groups received either an integrated treatment (rational emotive therapy, social skills training, and exposure in vivo ) or exposure in vivo alone. Conclusions are that patients with a personality disorder have more serious symptoms compared to patients without a personality disorder, but benefit equally from the treatments offered.
ISSN:0885-579X
1943-2763
DOI:10.1521/pedi.1995.9.2.143