Personality Traits and Psychotic Symptoms in Recent Onset of Psychosis Patients

The study of personality in patients with psychosis has been questioned for years because of the classic belief that personality could change or be destroyed after a psychotic episode [1, 2]. Nowadays, research supports the idea that personality traits and personality disorders in psychosis can be studied [3] and as supported by Newton-Howes [4] the DSM is sufficiently distinguishable to allow personality disorders identification in those with psychotic disorders. Furthermore, personality is stable in recent onset of psychosis (ROP) patients over time [5].

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - January 13, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Julia Sevilla Llewellyn-Jones, Pablo Cano Dom ínguez, Antonia de Luis Matilla, Inmaculada Peñuelas Calvo, Alberto Espina Eizaguirre, Berta Moreno Kustner, Susana Ochoa Source Type: research