DSM-IV personality disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.
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ABSTRACT: Background
Little is known about the cross-national population prevalence or correlates of personality disorders.Aims
To estimate prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV personality disorder clusters in the World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys.Method
International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE) screening questions in 13 countries (n = 21 162) were calibrated to masked IPDE clinical diagnoses. Prevalence and correlates were estimated using multiple imputation.Results
Prevalence estimates are 6.1% (s.e. = 0.3) for any personality disorder and 3.6% (s.e. = 0.3), 1.5% (s.e. = 0.1) and 2.7% (s.e. = 0.2) for Clusters A, B and C respectively. Personality disorders are significantly elevated among males, the previously married (Cluster C), unemployed (Cluster C), the young (Clusters A and B) and the poorly educated. Personality disorders are highly comorbid with Axis I disorders. Impairments associated with personality disorders are only partially explained by comorbidity.Conclusions
Personality disorders are relatively common disorders that often co-occur with Axis I disorders and are associated with significant role impairments beyond those due to comorbidity.
SUBMITTER: Huang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2705873 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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DSM-IV personality disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.
Huang Yueqin Y Kotov Roman R de Girolamo Giovanni G Preti Antonio A Angermeyer Matthias M Benjet Corina C Demyttenaere Koen K de Graaf Ron R Gureje Oye O Karam Aimée Nasser AN Lee Sing S Lépine Jean Pierre JP Matschinger Herbert H Posada-Villa José J Suliman Sharain S Vilagut Gemma G Kessler Ronald C RC
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 20090701 1
<h4>Background</h4>Little is known about the cross-national population prevalence or correlates of personality disorders.<h4>Aims</h4>To estimate prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV personality disorder clusters in the World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys.<h4>Method</h4>International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE) screening questions in 13 countries (n = 21 162) were calibrated to masked IPDE clinical diagnoses. Prevalence and correlates were estimated using multi ...[more]
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