1993
DOI: 10.1016/0022-3956(93)90065-a
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Personality features and disorder in the subjects in the New York high-risk project

Abstract: SummaryOne hundred and seventy-five offspring of parents in two psychiatrically ill groups and of normal controls in the New York High-Risk Project (NYHRP) were assessed for Axis II personality traits and disorders as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised (DSM-III-R). These offspring include: subjects at high risk for schizophrenia (HRSz, n = 48), all of whom have a parent with schizophrenic disorder; subjects at high risk for affective disorder (HRAff, n … Show more

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“…Relatives of schizophrenic probands have been reported to show a higher prevalence of cluster A STPD than relatives of normal controls in several,11,21,30 but not all,67,68 recent family studies, as well as in the expanded adoption studies.12,14 Elevated rates of schizotypal personality features and disorder in HRSz compared with NC subjects in analyses combining both samples (A and B) at earlier testing rounds have been previously reported. 45,69 In the present study, examining only sample A and removing subjects in whom schizophrenia had developed, we found a significant difference in HRSz vs NC subjects for cluster A as a whole, but not for STPD alone.…”
Section: Cluster a Personality Disorderscontrasting
confidence: 44%
“…Relatives of schizophrenic probands have been reported to show a higher prevalence of cluster A STPD than relatives of normal controls in several,11,21,30 but not all,67,68 recent family studies, as well as in the expanded adoption studies.12,14 Elevated rates of schizotypal personality features and disorder in HRSz compared with NC subjects in analyses combining both samples (A and B) at earlier testing rounds have been previously reported. 45,69 In the present study, examining only sample A and removing subjects in whom schizophrenia had developed, we found a significant difference in HRSz vs NC subjects for cluster A as a whole, but not for STPD alone.…”
Section: Cluster a Personality Disorderscontrasting
confidence: 44%
“…Participants were also evaluated for the presence of schizotypal features using the Personality Disorders Examination (PDE; Loranger et al 1987), a semi-structured clinical interview designed to assess all Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised (DSM-III-R) Axis II disorders. The diagnostic algorithm provided in the PDE was used (Squires-Wheeler et al 1993).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, lifetime histories of maternal and paternal anxiety, depressive, disruptive, personality, and substance use disorders were assessed during the 1991-1993 maternal interview using items adapted from the New York High Risk Study Family Interview. 47 Data regarding the onset of maternal and paternal disorders permitted identification of psychiatric disorders that were evident by the 1985-1986 interview. Research 34 has supported the reliability and validity of the items used to assess parental psychiatric symptoms.…”
Section: Assessment Of Psychiatric Symptoms and Suicidal Behaviormentioning
confidence: 99%