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  • Title: DSM-IV personality disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.
    Author: Huang Y, Kotov R, de Girolamo G, Preti A, Angermeyer M, Benjet C, Demyttenaere K, de Graaf R, Gureje O, Karam AN, Lee S, Lépine JP, Matschinger H, Posada-Villa J, Suliman S, Vilagut G, Kessler RC.
    Journal: Br J Psychiatry; 2009 Jul; 195(1):46-53. PubMed ID: 19567896.
    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.
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