The relationship between personality disorders and neurosis tends to be nonspecific with Cluster ('anxious') personality disorders overrepresented in anxiety and mood disorders.Personality disorders are associated with poorer outcome of treatment for neuroses. Clinical investigators need to go beyond descriptive comorbidity studies to look at the mechanisms by which personality disorder and personality influence neuroses. Several models have been proposed and directions for further investigation are considered.
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