3 CONCOMITANTS - PERSONALITY-DISORDERS, PSYCHIATRIC SEVERITY, AND OUTCOME OF DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY OF MAJOR DEPRESSION

In a group of 25 patients with major depression, the authors investiga ted the relationships among having a comorbid personality disorder, th e severity of psychiatric disorder, and the outcome of dynamic psychot herapy. They found that 1) depressed patients with a comorbid diagnosi s of personality disorder bad more severe psychiatric disturbance at i ntake and at termination of therapy as well as at follow-up and 2) alt hough all patients improved and maintained their gains at follow-up, t hose with a comorbid personality disorder diagnosis did not improve as much as those without a personality disorder.