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Diagnosing personality disorders in psychiatric inpatients
Author(s) -
Jackson H. J.,
Whiteside H. L.,
Bates G. W.,
Bell R.,
Rudd R. P.,
Edwards J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb05526.x
Subject(s) - personality disorders , psychiatry , personality , psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology
This study investigated assumptions made by DSM‐III and DSM‐III‐R regarding Axis I ‐ Axis II associations and sex differences for the 11 personality disorders (PD). A total of 112 patients formed 4 Axis I diagnostic groups: recent‐onset schizophrenia ( n = 35); recent‐onset mania ( n = 26); unipolar affective disorder ( n = 30); and a mixed diagnostic group ( n = 21). The prevalence of PD was determined using the Structured Interview for DSM‐III Personality Disorders (SIDP). Schizophrenia was associated with antisocial PD and schizotypal PD; manic disorder was associated with histrionic PD; and unipolar affective disorder was associated with borderline, dependent and avoidant PD. Some of these results were consistent with DSM‐III/DSM‐III‐R postulates. However, there was little support for the DSM‐III/DSM‐III‐R statements on sex differences in the prevalence of PD, except for antisocial PD. The implications of the results for DSM‐III/DSM‐III‐R assumptions are discussed.