Stability and course of personality disorders: The need to consider comorbidities and continuities between axis I psychiatric disorders and axis II personality disorders

Citation
Cm. Grilo et al., Stability and course of personality disorders: The need to consider comorbidities and continuities between axis I psychiatric disorders and axis II personality disorders, PSYCHIAT Q, 71(4), 2000, pp. 291-307
Citations number
68
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
PSYCHIATRIC QUARTERLY
ISSN journal
00332720 → ACNP
Volume
71
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
291 - 307
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2720(200024)71:4<291:SACOPD>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The literature pertaining to the stability and course of personality disord ers is briefly reviewed. Available data suggest that PD diagnoses demonstra te only moderate stability and that-although generally associated with a pl ethora of negative outcomes-they can show improvement over time. This paper highlights the pervasiveness of diagnostic co-occurrence and its implicati ons for continued investigation of the question of PD stability. In additio n to examining the stability land outcome) of PDs, longitudinal studies nee d to consider continuities between diagnoses. The Collaborative Longitudina l Personality Disorder Study (CLPS) is described briefly vis-a-vis some of these major issues.