TABLE 1.

Rank Order of Frequency of DSM-IV Personality Disorder Criteria at Baseline and 2 Years and Reverse Rank Order of Frequency of Remission of Criteria at 2 Years in Patients With Personality Disorder^a

Diagnostic Group	Criteria Present at Baseline (Most to Least Frequent)		Criteria Present at 2 Years (Most to Least Frequent)		Criteria Remitted at 2 Years (Least to Most Frequent)
	Criterion	%	Criterion	%	Criterion	%
Schizotypal personality disorder patients (N=85)	Paranoid ideation	84	Paranoid ideation	58	Paranoid ideation	20
	Unusual experiences	80	Unusual experiences	54	Ideas of reference	26
	Odd beliefs	76	Odd beliefs	48	Odd beliefs	28
	Ideas of reference	76	Ideas of reference	48	No friends	31
	Social anxiety	72	No friends	38	Unusual experiences	32
	No friends	58	Odd thinkingb	36	Odd thinkingb	38
	Odd thinkingb	47	Social anxiety	32	Social anxiety	46
	Odd behaviorb	39	Odd behaviorb	22	Constricted affectb	47
	Constricted affectb	38	Constricted affectb	13	Odd behaviorb	52
Borderline personality disorder patients (N=201)	Affective instability	95	Affective instability	63	Impulsivity	21
	Anger	87	Anger	57	Anger	22
	Impulsivity	81	Impulsivity	55	Affective instability	23
	Unstable relations	79	Unstable relations	53	Unstable relations	29
	Emptiness	71	Emptiness	45	Stress/paranoia	35
	Stress/paranoia	68	Stress/paranoia	44	Emptiness	39
	Identity disturbance	61	Identity disturbance	35	Identity disturbance	40
	Abandonment fears	60	Abandonment fears	31	Abandonment fears	46
	Self-injury	60	Self-injury	30	Self-injury	46
Avoidant personality disorder patients (N=266)	Feels inadequate	93	Socially inept	62	Socially inept	19
	Socially inept	90	Feels inadequate	62	Feels inadequate	24
	Preoccupation with rejection	88	Preoccupation with rejection	53	Need to be liked before making social contacts	28
	Need to be liked before making social contacts	82	Need to be liked before making social contacts	51	Fears ridicule, shame	34
	Avoids interpersonal jobs	67	No risks, fears embarrassment	44	No risks, fears embarrassment	34
	No risks, fears embarrassment	64	Fears ridicule, shame	38	Preoccupation with rejection	35
	Fears ridicule, shame	62	Avoids interpersonal jobs	31	Avoids interpersonal jobs	54
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder patients (N=221)	Problems with delegating	83	Rigidity	52	Rigidity	24
	Rigidity	79	Problems with delegating	51	Pack rat	27
	Perfectionism	79	Perfectionism	44	Problems with delegating	30
	Pack rat	63	Pack rat	41	Perfectionism	34
	Concern with rules, details, lists	61	Concern with rules, details, lists	32	Workaholic	35
	Inflexible about morality	58	Workaholic	29	Concern with rules, details, lists	39
	Workaholic	49	Inflexible about morality	27	Inflexible about morality	41
	Miserly	31	Miserly	10	Miserly	49

^aParticipants were ages 18–45 years and were recruited from among patients seeking treatment at clinical services affiliated with the sites of the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study.

^bObservational criterion.