Premium
Personality Disorders in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Chemically Dependent Patients
Author(s) -
Grant Jon E.,
Flynn Meredith,
Odlaug Brian L.,
Schreiber Liana R. N.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00155.x
Subject(s) - transgender , lesbian , personality disorders , personality , psychology , clinical psychology , population , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , psychoanalysis , environmental health
This study sought to examine personality disorders and their related clinical variables in a sample of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) individuals with substance use disorders. Study participants were 145 GLBT patients who were admitted to a residential dual diagnosis chemical dependency treatment program. A total of 136 (93.8%) had at least one personality disorder. The most common personality disorders were borderline (n = 93; 64.1%), obsessive‐compulsive (n = 82; 56.6%), and avoidant (n = 71; 49.0%) personality disorders. Preliminary data suggest that there is a high prevalence of personality disorders in the GLBT population undergoing chemical dependency treatment. (Am J Addict 2011;00: 1–7)