ANXIETY DISORDERS AND PERSONALITY-DISORDERS - A REVIEW

This paper reviews studies of the relationship between anxiety and per sonality disorders. We begin by reviewing models of the relationship b etween Axis I and Axis II disorders, methodological limitations of stu dies that have attempted to provide evidence for these models, and fin dings of general studies of comorbidity of anxiety and personality dis orders. We then review studies of the relationship between specific an xiety and personality disorders. Although this research has clear limi tations, when taken together with advances in our understanding of the nature of these disorders, it has important clinical and theoretical implications.