THE INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY ON THE CLINICAL COURSE OF NEUROSIS

Authors
TAYLOR S LIVESLEY WJ
Citation
S. Taylor et Wj. Livesley, THE INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY ON THE CLINICAL COURSE OF NEUROSIS, Current opinion in psychiatry, 8(2), 1995, pp. 93-97
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Current opinion in psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09517367
Volume
8
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
93 - 97
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-7367(1995)8:2<93:TIOPOT>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The relationship between personality disorders and neurosis tends to b e nonspecific with Cluster C('anxious') personality disorders overrepr esented in anxiety and mood disorders. Personality disorders are assoc iated with poorer outcome of treatment for neuroses. Clinical investig ators need to go beyond descriptive comorbidity studies to look at the mechanisms by which personality disorder and personality influence ne uroses. Several models have been proposed and directions for further i nvestigation are considered.