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- Title
Prevalence and Comorbidity of Axis I and Axis II Disorders among Treatment Refractory Adolescents Admitted for Specialized Psychotherapy.
- Authors
Feenstra, Dine J.; Busschbach, Jan J. V.; Verheul, Roel; Hutsebaut, Joost
- Abstract
Research shows that approximately half of the adolescents in a clinical setting suffer from a personality disorder (PD). This finding has not yet been replicated in Europe. To test whether this finding also applies to Europe, structured diagnostic interviews for both Axis I and Axis II disorders were used in 257 adolescents who were admitted to a highly specialized mental health setting in The Netherlands. In this study we found that 40.5%% of the adolescents were diagnosed with at least one personality disorder. Most adolescents with a personality disorder (78.9%%) also suffered from one or more Axis I disorders. These results are comparable to rates found in previous prevalence studies of personality disorders in both adolescents and adults. Our results provide further evidence to support the cross-national generalizability of the diagnosis of PD in adolescents.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY disorder diagnosis; PERSONALITY disorder treatment; CHI-squared test; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; PERSONALITY disorders; PSYCHOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE prevalence; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Personality Disorders, 2011, Vol 25, Issue 6, p842
- ISSN
0885-579X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/pedi.2011.25.6.842