Personality change in the Nottingham Study of Neurotic Disorder: 30-Year cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persistence is said to be a feature of personality disorder, but there are few long-term prospective studies of the condition. A total of 200 patients with anxiety and depressive disorders involved in a randomised controlled trial initiated in 1983 had full personality status assessed at baseline. We repeated assessment of personality status on three subsequent occasions over 30 years.

Methods

Personality status was recorded using methods derived from the Personality Assessment Schedule, which has algorithms for allocating Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) categories. The category and severity of personality diagnosis were recorded at baseline in the randomised patients with D

SUBMITTER: Yang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8866742 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature