Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:1127-1129
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
Personality features of obsessive-compulsive disorder
RT Joffe, RP Swinson and JJ Regan
Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Canada.
The authors evaluated personality dysfunction in 23 patients with primary
obsessive-compulsive disorder and an age- and sex-matched group of patients
with major depressive disorder. There were no significant differences
between the two patient groups with respect to mean personality trait
scores or the frequency or type of personality disorder diagnosis. A mixed
personality disorder with avoidant, dependent, and passive-aggressive
features was most commonly observed in the obsessive-compulsive group.
There was a very low frequency of schizoid or compulsive personality
disorder.
