TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality and anxiety disorders
AU - Brandes, Mina
AU - Bienvenu, O. Joseph
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a grant from the National Institutes of Health to Dr. Bienvenu (K23-MH64543).
PY - 2006/8
Y1 - 2006/8
N2 - Personality traits and most anxiety disorders are strongly related. In this article, we review existing evidence for ways in which personality traits may relate to anxiety disorders: 1) as predisposing factors, 2) as consequences, 3) as results of common etiologies, and 4) as pathoplastic factors. Based on current information, we conclude the following: 1) Personality traits such as high neuroticism, low extraversion, and personality disorder traits (particularly those from Cluster C) are at least markers of risk for certain anxiety disorders; 2) Remission from panic disorder is generally associated with partial "normalization" of personality traits; 3) Anxiety disorders in early life may influence personality development; 4) Anxiety disorders and personality traits are usefully thought of as spectra of common genetic etiologies; and 5) Extremes of personality traits indicate greater dysfunction in patients with anxiety disorders.
AB - Personality traits and most anxiety disorders are strongly related. In this article, we review existing evidence for ways in which personality traits may relate to anxiety disorders: 1) as predisposing factors, 2) as consequences, 3) as results of common etiologies, and 4) as pathoplastic factors. Based on current information, we conclude the following: 1) Personality traits such as high neuroticism, low extraversion, and personality disorder traits (particularly those from Cluster C) are at least markers of risk for certain anxiety disorders; 2) Remission from panic disorder is generally associated with partial "normalization" of personality traits; 3) Anxiety disorders in early life may influence personality development; 4) Anxiety disorders and personality traits are usefully thought of as spectra of common genetic etiologies; and 5) Extremes of personality traits indicate greater dysfunction in patients with anxiety disorders.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11920-006-0061-8
DO - 10.1007/s11920-006-0061-8
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16879789
AN - SCOPUS:33747158271
SN - 1523-3812
VL - 8
SP - 263
EP - 269
JO - Current psychiatry reports
JF - Current psychiatry reports
IS - 4
ER -