In a clinical sample of patients with social phobia, 51.7% had a co-morbid axis I disorder and 67.8% had an axis II disorder, with avoidant personality disorder being the most common (54.0%).
Cross-Sectional (n=87)
In a clinical sample of patients with social phobia, co-morbid axis I and axis II disorders were common, particularly avoidant personality disorder.
The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical features and frequency and importance of related co-morbid disorders of social phobia in a clinical sample. Eighty-seven patients meeting DSM-III-R diagnostic criteria for social phobia were studied. All patients were assessed by using a semi-structured socio-demographic form, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R, Manual for the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders, Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression and Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety. Sixty-eight (78.2%) of the group were male, 19 (21.8%) were female. The ages varied between 16-58 years, with a mean of 26.2 years (SD = 8.5). Fifty-one point seven percent of the subjects were assessed as having a co-morbid axis I disorder, of which 12.6% consisted of panic disorder and 10.3% agoraphobia. An additional axis II disorder had been found in 67.8% of the subjects, and 54.0% of them had been diagnosed as having avoidant personality disorder. The frequency of co-morbid disorders in our social phobic sample is lower than most of the studies in the literature. The interface between social phobia and avoidant personality disorder needs to be studied and discussed further.
Massana et al. (Thu,) conducted a cross-sectional in Social phobia (n=87). Social phobia was evaluated on Frequency of co-morbid axis I and axis II disorders. In a clinical sample of patients with social phobia, 51.7% had a co-morbid axis I disorder and 67.8% had an axis II disorder, with avoidant personality disorder being the most common (54.0%).