==================================CMR26================================== 26. MMPI - Pd scale and Borderline Personality Disorder, and Schizoid Personality Disorder. Is there a relationship? How reliable for diagnostic purposes. 1 UI - 87085530 AU - Tosi DJ ; Eshbaugh DM ; Raines MG ; Murphy MA TI - Typological analysis of MMPI personality patterns of drug dependent men. AB - This study replicated Types I and II of Berzins, Ross, English and Haley's (1974) initial typological research with a drug dependent sample. In this research, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles of 447 drug dependent men were submitted to Johnson's (1967) hierarchical clustering procedure. The hierarchical clustering procedure yielded nine small but clinically meaningful personality subtypes. These types were compared to Berzin's (Berzins et al.) profiles and categorized into three diagnostic classes: character disorder, 42% of the sample; neurotic characters, 35% of the sample; and borderline disorder, 23% of the sample. The profiles were discussed with respect to the scale similarity and differences within the diagnostic class. The results were discussed, with implications for treatment and further research efforts with the drug dependent population. MH - Adult ; Borderline Personality Disorder/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS ; Human ; Male ; *MMPI ; Neurotic Disorders/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS ; Personality Disorders/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS ; Substance Dependence/COMPLICATIONS/*PSYCHOLOGY SO - J Gen Psychol 1986 Oct;113(4):329-39 2 UI - 87077774 AU - Snyder S ; Pitts WM TI - Comparison of self-rated and observer-rated scales in DSM-III borderline personality disorder. AB - The relationship of self-rated to observer-rated scales has been infrequently studied in patients with DSM-III defined borderline personality disorder. This study was designed to determine a) the amount of correlation between these two types of rating scales in borderline patients and b) whether borderline patients scored significantly higher than dysthymic controls on self or observer-rated scales. Results indicated that self-rated scale scores were higher within the borderline group. Self and observer-rated scales were highly correlated within the borderline group. Borderline patients did not differ from controls when scores of self and observer-rated scales were compared between groups. The relationship of these results to previous findings was equivocal. MH - Adolescence ; Adult ; Borderline Personality Disorder/*DIAGNOSIS ; Comparative Study ; Depressive Disorder/DIAGNOSIS ; Female ; Human ; Male ; *Manuals ; MMPI ; *Personality Assessment ; Personality Disorders/*DIAGNOSIS ; *Personality Inventory ; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ; Psychometrics SO - Can J Psychiatry 1986 Nov;31(8):708-13 3 UI - 86319341 AU - Snyder S ; Pitts WM TI - Characterizing paranoia in the DSM-III borderline personality disorder. AB - The relationship between paranoia and the borderline personality disorder continues to be the subject of debate. This study compares the extent and intensity of paranoia in 29 subjects fulfilling DSM-III criteria for borderline personality disorder. The control group consists of 22 subjects with dysthymic disorder. Paranoia was both more prevalent and severe in borderline patients. Results are discussed in light of previous descriptive and research literature. MH - Adolescence ; Adult ; Borderline Personality Disorder/DIAGNOSIS/ *PSYCHOLOGY ; Comparative Study ; Depressive Disorder/PSYCHOLOGY ; Female ; Human ; Male ; MMPI ; Overall and Gorham Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale ; *Paranoid Behavior ; Personality Disorders/*PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales SO - Acta Psychiatr Scand 1986 May;73(5):500-5 4 UI - 86287844 AU - Snyder S ; Pitts WM TI - Challenges of research with the borderline patient. AB - Clinical research of the borderline personality disorder can be difficult and challenging for the investigator. The core psychopathology and characteristic defense mechanisms of the borderline research subject often make the completion of research protocols with these patients problematic. The researcher may also be plagued by issues of 'classical' and 'total' countertransference. Psychopharmacologic investigations are especially likely to bring these issues to the forefront. Some of the psychologic challenges in completing research with the borderline patient, with special emphasis on psychopharmacologic investigations, are reviewed. MH - Borderline Personality Disorder/DIAGNOSIS/*PSYCHOLOGY/THERAPY ; Countertransference (Psychology) ; Defense Mechanisms ; Human ; Manuals ; MMPI ; Personality Disorders/*PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychoanalytic Therapy ; Research ; Self Concept SO - Psychopathology 1986;19(3):131-7 5 UI - 86238542 AU - Snyder S ; Pitts WM TI - Characterizing somatization, hypochondriasis, and hysteria in the borderline personality disorder. AB - Somatization, hypochondriasis, and hysteria have often been considered as associated features of the borderline personality disorder. This study was designed to characterize these three syndromes in the borderline patient. Inpatients with DSM-III borderline personality disorder were compared with controls with dysthymic disorder. Scales and items from standardized rating instruments which measured the three syndromes were scored and compared between groups. Although the hysteria-obvious and hypochondriasis scales of the MMPI and the Hamilton Depression Scale item measuring hypochondriasis were elevated in the borderline group, there were no significant differences between groups. Scores of dysthymic patients significantly exceeded those of borderline patients on four of five MMPI codetypes measuring the three syndromes. Findings are discussed in light of previous psychodynamic, empirical, and research literature. MH - Adolescence ; Adult ; Age Factors ; Borderline Personality Disorder/*COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY ; Depressive Disorder/ COMPLICATIONS ; Female ; Human ; Hypochondriasis/*COMPLICATIONS ; Hysteria/*COMPLICATIONS ; Male ; MMPI ; Personality Disorders/ *COMPLICATIONS ; Somatoform Disorders/*COMPLICATIONS SO - Acta Psychiatr Scand 1986 Mar;73(3):307-14