The purpose of this study was to confirm or not that there exists a difference between the two above groups of patients in relation with a commorbitity of somatic illnesses.

71 patients took part in this study.

37 of them had a personality disorder (AXIS II) and 34 a neurotic disorder (AXIS I).

The sample was chosen at random and came from a department of psychotherapy.

Several variables were examined such as: sex, age, marital status and diagnosis.

From the results what is worth noting, is that:

From the first group of personality disorders 5 men and 12 women (Total number 17, 46%) had somatic illnesses, while 10 men and 10 women (Total number 20, 54%) didn't.

From the second group of neurotic disorders no men but 8 women (Total number 8, 23,5%) had somatic illnesses, while 7 men and 19 women (Total number: 26, 76,5%) didn't.

From the results, it seems that the patients with personality disorders present a commorbitity of somatic problems in a significantly larger number in relation with the neurotic patients.

Additionally it seems that, from the total number of patients with personality disorders who present somatic problems, women predominate.

The results seem to agree with what the bibliography declares: that the patients with personality disorders present a somatic commorbitity in a clinical significant way.