Comorbidity between personality disorders and depressive symptomatology in women: A cross‐sectional study of three different transitional life stages

Abstract

This study assessed the prevalence of personality disorders (PDs), according to DSM-IV criteria, in relation to depressive symptomatology at three different periods of life in female subjects. Depressive symptoms and personality disorders were assessed in a sample of 568 women from three different transitional stages: 134 students, 314 primiparous women after childbirth and 120 women diagnosed with breast cancer. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Hospital Depression and Anxiety Scale in the first and third groups and by the Edinburgh Post-natal Depression Scale in the second group, whereas PDs were assessed by the French version of the Vragenlijst voor Kenmerken van de Persoonlijkheid. Depressive symptomatology and rates of PD (20.4% and 6.3%) were equivalent in the three groups. The prevalence of PD was higher in the depressed group compared with the non-depressed group, with more paranoid, borderline, avoidant, obsessive-compulsive, schizotypal, antisocial, dependent and histrionic PD. Our findings support the hypothesis that PDs are more frequently associated with depressive symptoms. Borderline and avoidant PDs were more prevalent among young women. All cluster C PD (dependent, avoidant and obsessive-compulsive) co-occurred significantly with depressive symptoms.

Co-Morbidity of DSM-IV Personality Disorder in Major Depressive Disorder Among Psychiatric Outpatients in China: A Further Analysis of an Epidemiologic Survey in a Clinical Population

“…This has replicated the finding in previous studies such as the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, which led to the conclusion that youths and not married individuals were also more likely to have PD (46–49). The effect of age on PD prevalence has been supported by some studies (36, 50) but rejected by others (46, 51, 52). Detailed discussion could be found in our former study (36).…”

Major depressive disorder, personality disorders, and coping strategies are independent risk factors for lower quality of life in non‐metastatic breast cancer patients

“…Personality disorders were assessed using the French version of the VKP (Vragenlijst voor Kenmerken van de Persoonlijkheid) questionnaire . The VKP is a 197‐item, self‐administered questionnaire based on the International Personality Disorder Examination and evaluates the presence of each of the 10 personality disorders according to the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, and DSM‐IV diagnostic criteria .…”

Personality disorders, but not cancer severity or treatment type, are risk factors for later generalised anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder in non metastatic breast cancer patients

“…Personality disorders were assessed using the French version (Enfoux et al, 2013) of the VKP questionnaire (Duijsens et al, 1996;Lenzenweger, 1997), which is a self-administered questionnaire based on the International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE) that assesses personality disorders according to the DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria. The set of 197 items assesses the existence of personality disorders for each of the 10 personality disorders according to ICD-10 and DSM-IV diagnostic criteria: cluster A (paranoid, schizoid, schizotypic personality disorders), cluster B (antisocial, borderline, histrionic personality disorders) and cluster C (avoidant, dependent, obsessivecompulsive disorders) personality disorders.…”