OBJECTIVE: Utilization of mental health treatment was compared in patients with personality
disorders and patients with major depressive disorder without personality disorder. …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare psychosocial functioning in patients
with schizotypal, borderline, avoidant, or obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and …

A 35-year-old woman, an academic professional, sought outpatient treatment for chronic
dysphoria, a pattern of turbulent and unsuccessful interpersonal relationships, and a state of …

The Personality Disorder Examination (PDE; Loranger et al., 1987) was developed to
systematically survey the phenomenology and life experiences relevant to the diagnosis of all of …

The authors gave the self-report Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised(PDQ-R) to 87
applicants for inpatient treatment ofsevere personality psychopathology and, blind to these …

Data from a community-based longitudinal study were used to investigate whether childhood
verbal abuse increases risk for personality disorders (PDs) during adolescence and early …

A major reconceptualization of personality psychopathology has been proposed for DSM-5
that identifies core impairments in personality functioning, pathological personality traits, and …

Objective In light of continuing controversies concerning the DSM-III-R system for diagnosing
personality disorders, their construct validity, and the assignment of disorders to a …

This paper describes the aims, background, design, and methods used in a collaborative
longitudinal study of Axis II personality disorders (PDs). This study examines the putative …

OBJECTIVE: A community-based, longitudinal prospective study was conducted to investigate
whether personality disorders during adolescence are associated with elevated risk for …