PERSONALITY DISORDERS PROGNOSIS |
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The prognosis for recovery depends in
part on the specific disorder. Although some patients improve as
they grow older and have positive experiences in life, personality
disorders are generally life-long disturbances with periods of
worsening (exacerbations) and periods of improvement (remissions).
Others, particularly schizoid patients, have better prognoses if
they are given appropriate treatment. Patients with paranoid
personality disorder are at some risk for developing delusional
disorders or schizophrenia. The personality disorders with the
poorest prognoses are the antisocial and the borderline. Borderline
patients are at high risk for developing substance abuse disorders
or bulimia. About 80% of hospitalized borderline patients attempt
suicide at some point during treatment, and about 5% succeed in
committing suicide. |
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