PMID- 20233113
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100812
LR  - 20220317
IS  - 1369-1627 (Electronic)
IS  - 0954-0261 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 1
DP  - 2010
TI  - Personality characteristics and disorders in multiple sclerosis patients: 
      assessment and treatment.
PG  - 43-54
LID - 10.3109/09540261003589349 [doi]
AB  - Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a major inflammatory and demyelinating disease of the 
      central nervous system. Although a significant incidence and prevalence of 
      psychological disorders in MS has been reported there is limited data on the 
      prevalence of personality disorders (PD) in these patients. Recent findings 
      indicate the need for early diagnosis and treatment of PD in MS patients in the 
      interests of prognosis, conformity to treatment and patient's quality of life 
      improvement. This article summarizes existing evidence on prevalence, types and 
      diagnostic criteria of PD in MS, clinical manifestations of personality pathology 
      or changes in MS patients, and instruments currently used for diagnosis and 
      assessment of PD in this group of patients. Underlying mechanisms suggested as 
      causes of personality changes in MS patients are also discussed. The article 
      reviews therapeutic strategies, including pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy 
      interventions and emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary approach to 
      patient's treatment.
FAU - Stathopoulou, Anastasia
AU  - Stathopoulou A
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, University of Patras Medical School, General University 
      Hospital, Rio-Patras, Greece.
FAU - Christopoulos, Platon
AU  - Christopoulos P
FAU - Soubasi, Evanthia
AU  - Soubasi E
FAU - Gourzis, Philippos
AU  - Gourzis P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - England
TA  - Int Rev Psychiatry
JT  - International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)
JID - 8918131
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Multiple Sclerosis/complications/epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - *Personality
MH  - Personality Disorders/complications/*diagnosis/epidemiology/etiology/*therapy
MH  - Personality Inventory
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Psychotherapy
RF  - 55
EDAT- 2010/03/18 06:00
MHDA- 2010/08/13 06:00
CRDT- 2010/03/18 06:00
PHST- 2010/03/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/03/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/08/13 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/09540261003589349 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Rev Psychiatry. 2010;22(1):43-54. doi: 10.3109/09540261003589349.