The personality profile of euthymic bipolar affective disorder patients at a tertiary care centre
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Dentistry - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 5
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to study the prevalence of personality disorders (PD) in euthymic bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) patients. We also aimed to study the distribution of individual personality disorders in such prevalence. Methods: We assessed 30 bipolar affective disorder outpatients in euthymia, using the International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE). For those personality disorder patients who had troublesome symptoms but did not meet any specific pattern of a PD, a DCR-10 diagnosis of Mixed Personality Disorders was used. The euthymicity was confirmed by administering the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. Results: Sixteen patients (53.3%) met criteria for personality disorders. The most common was Mixed Personality Disorders (43.3%). This was followed by Dissocial Personality Disorder (6.7%) and Borderline Personality Disorder (3.3%).Younger age patients were found to be more likely to have comorbid personality disorders. The patients with comorbid personality disorder were more likely to have legal issues. Conclusion: More than half of patients in this study had comorbid personality disorder. Although no significant effect on course was found, personality disorders were found more in the younger patients and associated with more legal issues.
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Maldar Aftab Ahmed, Safeekh A. T
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