Changes in DSM-III-R axis II diagnoses following treatment of obsessive- compulsive disorder



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Am J Psychiatry 1992; 149:829-831
Copyright © 1992 by American Psychiatric Association

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Changes in DSM-III-R axis II diagnoses following treatment of obsessive- compulsive disorder

JN Ricciardi, L Baer, MA Jenike, SC Fischer, D Sholtz and ML Buttolph
Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Obsessive- Compulsive Disorders Clinic and Research Unit, Charlestown 02129.

Seventeen patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and concomitant personality disorders were treated with pharmacologic and/or behavioral therapy and reassessed after 4 months. Nine of the 10 patients who responded to treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder no longer met criteria for a personality disorder. Of the seven nonresponders, five continued to meet criteria for a personality disorder.

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