Empirical evidence of the effect of personality pathology on the outcome of panic disorder

ConclusionThe negative effect of personality pathology was confirmed in well-designed longitudinal studies. This was not related to initial clinical severity. Clinical implications are that patients with personality pathology require the therapist to stick more closely to treatment protocols and to mitigate the tendency of these patients to drop out of treatment.
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Research - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research