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MCMI-III Personality Disorders, Traits, and Profiles in Adult ADHD Outpatients.
J Atten Disord. 2018 Jun 01;:1087054718780319
Authors: Oliva F, Mangiapane C, Nibbio G, Portigliatti Pomeri A, Maina G
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess prevalence of personality traits and disorders according to Millon’s evolution-based model and to identify the most representative personality profiles among adult ADHD outpatients.
METHOD: Personality traits and disorders were evaluated using the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) and an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) in a consecutive sample of adult ADHD outpatients ( N = 70) diagnosed by the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale-version 1.1 (ASRS-v1.1) and the Diagnostic Interview for ADHD in Adults (DIVA 2.0).
RESULTS: More than half of our sample (57.1%) showed at least one personality disorder (PD). The most prevalent PDs were paranoid, schizotypal and negativistic (18.6% for all three PDs), depressive (17.1%), and sadistic (11.4%). No patient had a borderline PD. The EFA identified three personality profiles (“sadistic-antisocial-negativistic,” “masochistic-depressive-dependent-avoidant,” and “antihistrionic-schizoid”).
CONCLUSION: High prevalence of PDs among adult ADHD patients was confirmed. The personality profiles seemed to reflect the persistence of ADHD and related childhood comorbidities in adulthood.
PMID: 29911465 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
via https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29911465?dopt=Abstract