Comorbid Axis-II Disorders in Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
- Author:
Dong Woo LEE
1
;
Ung Gu KANG
;
In Kyoon LYOO
;
Do Un JEONG
;
Maeng Je CHO
;
Jong Inn WOO
;
Yong Sik KIM
;
Jun Soo KWON
Author Information
1. Chook Ryoung Evangelical Hospital, Kyunggi.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Obsessive compulsive disorder(OCD);
Personaltiy disorder questionnaire(PDQ)
- MeSH:
Anxiety;
Borderline Personality Disorder;
Depression;
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders;
Humans;
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder*;
Personality Disorders;
Prevalence
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2001;40(3):434-442
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to assess the comorbid axis-II disorders of obsessive compulsive disorder(OCD) patients and to investigate the relationship between symptoms of OCD and the comorbid personality traits. The subjects were 59 patients who met DSM-IV criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder and 32 normal controls. All subjects completed Personality Disorder Questionnaire-IV(PDQ-IV). The patients completed Beck Depression Inventory(BDI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory(BAI), and were rated with Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale(YBOCS). The results were as follows. 1) The OCD patients showed significantly higher prevalence of avoidant, depresssive and borderline personality disorder(p<0.01) compared to controls. 2) The BAI score had significant effect on the avoidant personality score(t=3.23, p<0.003). The BDI score had significant effect on the depressive personality score(t=3.08, p=0.004). The YBOCS(t=2.10, p=0.043) and BAI(t=2.60, p=0.014)scores had significant effects on the borderline personality score. We found that OCD patients had higher prevalence of avoidant, depressive, and borderline personality disorders. We also found that obsessive-compulsive symptoms have significant effect on the severity of borderline personalty traits. We suggest that it would be very helpful to consider Axis-II disorders for managing patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
