Can psychopharmacological treatment change personality traits in patients with panic disorder?

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Letícia Kipper¹  Cláudia Wachleski¹  Giovanni Abrahão Salum¹  Elizeth Heldt¹  Carolina Blaya¹  Gisele Gus Manfro¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry Porto Alegre RS ,Brazil

关键词: Panic disorder;    Personality;    Psychopharmacology;    Sertraline;    Treatment outcome;    Transtorno de pânico;    Personalidade;    Psicofarmacologia;    Sertralina;    Resultado de tratamento;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-44462009000400005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects that a particular psychopharmacological treatment has on personality patterns in patients with panic disorder. METHOD: Forty-seven patients with panic disorder and 40 controls were included in the study. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory were used to assess Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, diagnoses and personality traits, respectively. Patients were treated with sertraline for 16 weeks. RESULTS: There was a significant decrease in the score on 8 of the 10 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales. In addition, neurotic triad and psychasthenia personality scores were higher among panic disorder patients, even during the posttreatment asymptomatic phase, than among controls. CONCLUSION: In the asymptomatic phase of the disease, panic disorder patients present a particular neurotic/anxious personality pattern. This pattern, although altered in the presence of acute symptoms, could be a focus of research.

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