The Interface of Personality Traits and Anxiety Disorders.

Target Audience: Primary care physicians and psychiatrists. Learning Objectives: Explain ways in which normal personality traits and personality disorder traits may be related to anxiety disorders. Recognize which personality traits may be markers for risk of anxiety and comorbid disorders. Identify which personality traits may confer a worse prognosis. Accreditation Statement: The Mount Sinai School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide Continuing Medical Education for physicians. The Mount Sinai School of Medicine designates this Continuing Medical Education activity for a maximum of 3.0 Category 1 credit(s) toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. Credits will be calculated by the MSSM OCME and provided for the Journal upon completion of agenda. It is the policy of Mount Sinai School of Medicine to ensure fair balance, Independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored activities. All faculty participating in sponsored activities are expected to disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflict-of-interest related to the content of their presentation, and any discussion of unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product or device not yet approved in the United States. To receive credit for this activity: Read this article, and the two CME-designated accompanying articles, reflect on the information presented, and then complete the CME quiz found on page 58. To obtain credits, you should score 70% or better. Termination date: March 31, 2007. The estimated time to complete all three articles and the quiz Is 3 hours.