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The comorbidity of DSM-III-R axis II personality disorders in patients with bipolar disorder has received less attention than for unipolar depression perhaps because of the potential confounding of state vs. trait qualities. The current study took steps to separate pathological traits of personality from behaviors evidenced during discrete affective episodes in a sample of married, outpatient bipolar patients. Data indicated that 22% of our patients met criteria for a categorical diagnosis of personality disorder. Axis II pathology as represented by both categorical and dimensional scores was associated with increased psychiatric symptoms during subsequent treatment and poorer social adjustment.
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