INTENSITY OF PERSONALITY DISORDER AND BORDERLINE SPECIFICITIES IN PERSONS WITH NEUROTIC AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
Keywords:
intensity of personality disorders, borderline pattern, neurotic disorders, anxiety, depressive disordersAbstract
Introduction: The intensity of personality disorders conditioned by the degree of self and/or interpersonal functionality is the basic diagnostic criterion for personality disorders according to ICD 11. There is a high prevalence and association of personality disorders with other psychiatric entities, as well as with neurotic and depressive disorders. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of personality disorder in neurotic and depressive patients, as well as the correlation with the borderline pattern.
Materials and methods: The study was designed as a monocentric, analytical observational cross-sectional study. It included 108 participants divided in three groups – people with neurotic and/or depressive disorders according to ICD 10 (60 participants), a control group (30 participants), and a group of people with personality disorders according to ICD 10 (18 participants). Scales were used to assess anxiety, depression, severity of personality disorders according to ICD 11 and the borderline pattern scale.
Results: A high prevalence of personality disorders was found in individuals with neurotic and/or depressive disorders; a high correlation of anxiety and depression with the severity of personality disorder, as well as a high correlation between the borderline pattern and the intensity of personality dysfunction.
Conclusion: The study demonstrated a significant difference in personality functionality among the examined groups, which had clinical implications.
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