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Gender-related distribution of personality disorders in a sample of patients with panic disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

G. Barzega ,
G. Maina ,
S. Venturello  and
F. Bogetto
G. Barzega
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Section Via Cherasco 11 10126, Torino, Italy
G. Maina*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Section Via Cherasco 11 10126, Torino, Italy
S. Venturello
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Section Via Cherasco 11 10126, Torino, Italy
F. Bogetto
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Section Via Cherasco 11 10126, Torino, Italy
*
*Correspondence and reprints.
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Summary

Objective

We examined gender differences in the frequency of DSM-IV personality disorder diagnoses in a sample of patients with a diagnosis of panic disorder (PD).

Method

One hundred and eighty-four outpatients with a principal diagnosis of PD (DSM-IV) were enrolled. All patients were evaluated with a semi-structured interview to collect demographic and clinical data and to generate Axis I and Axis II diagnoses in accordance with DSM-IV criteria.

Results

Males were significantly more likely than females to meet diagnoses for schizoid and borderline personality disorder. Compared to males, females predominated in histrionic and cluster C diagnoses, particularly dependent personality disorder diagnoses. A significant interaction was found between female sex and agoraphobia on personality disorder (PD) distribution.

Conclusions

Male PD patients seem to be characterized by more severe personality disorders, while female PD patients, particularly with co-morbid agoraphobia, have higher co-morbidity rates with personality disorders belonging to the ‘anxious-fearful cluster’.

Keywords

agoraphobiagenderpanic disorderpersonality disorders
Type
Original article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , April 2001 , pp. 173 - 179
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Copyright © Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS 2001

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