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- Title
Cumulative prevalence of personality disorders between adolescence and adulthood.
- Authors
Johnson, Jeffrey G.; Cohen, Patricia; Kasen, Stephanie; Skodol, Andrew E.; Oldham, John M.
- Abstract
Objective: To investigate the cumulative prevalence of personality disorder (PD) among adults in the community, based on prospective longitudinal data from a series of psychiatric interviews. Method: Psychiatric interviews were administered to a regionally representative community-based sample of 568 individuals in 1983 (mean age = 14), 1985–1986 (mean age = 16), 1991–1993 (mean age = 22), and 2001–2004 (mean age 33). Results: The point prevalence of any current DSM-IV PD, including depressive PD and passive-aggressive PD, varied between 12.7% and 14.6% across the four diagnostic assessments. The cumulative prevalence of PD increased at each of the follow-up assessments. At mean age 33, the estimated lifetime prevalence of PD was 28.2%. Conclusion: The cumulative prevalence of PD, based on a series of interviews conducted during adolescence and adulthood, may be substantially higher than the point prevalence of current PD based on a single assessment interview.
- Subjects
PERSONALITY disorders; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; PSYCHOLOGY; MENTAL health; PERSONALITY
- Publication
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2008, Vol 118, Issue 5, p410
- ISSN
0001-690X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01231.x