CLINICAL FEATURES OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS IN PATIENT WITH ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS

Nguyễn Hải Anh1,2,, Đoàn Thị Huệ1,2, Dương Minh Tâm1,3
1 Hanoi Medical University
2 National Mental Health Institute, Bach Mai Hospital
3 National Mental Health Institute, Bach Mai Hospita

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Objectives: Describe clinical features of personality disorders in patients with adjustment disorders. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional description of inpatients with adjustment disorders at National Institute of Mental Health - Bach Mai Hospital from August 2021 to August 2022. Results: There were 14 patients (29.79%) diagnosised with personality disorders in the sample. Among them, there were 6 patients with anxious [avoidant] personality disorder (F60.6) accounting for the highest rate of 42.86%, 4 patients with emotionally unstable personality disorder (F60.3) accounts for 28.57%, 2 patients with schizoid personality disorder (F60.1) accounted for 14.29%, 1 patient with histrionic personality disorder (F60.4), 1 patient with dependent personality disorder (F60.7) accounted for 7.14%. 100% of patients with anxious [avoidant] personality disorder have criteria described by persistent and pervasive feelings of tension and appredension, all patients with emotionally unstable personality are the borderline type. 57.1% of people with personality disorder have a good romantic relationship, 28.6% have a discordant romatic relationship, and 14.3% are separated or divorced with their partners. 78.6% patients have few friends and colleagues, 28.6% have discordant relationships with their friends or colleagues, no patient has had to change many jobs. Conclusion: 29.79% patients has personatily disorder. Anxious [avoidant] personality disorder was the most common type. Most of patients with personality disorders have maintained a good romantic relationships (57.1%). Having few friends or colleagues occurred with the highest rates, nobody has had to change too many jobs.

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