Predicting personality disorder diagnoses of hospitalized Navy personnel.
The study examined the relationship between type of non-psychotic diagnosis at time of hospitalization, pre-Navy non-psychotic condition, and paygrade for active duty, enlisted Navy personnel. The sample (N = 27,210) consisted of all hospitalized cases of active duty, enlisted Navy personnel from 1981 through 1984 with a nonpsychotic mental disorder as the primary diagnosis. Results indicated that personality disorders were more likely than other nonpsychotic diagnoses to be associated with a pre-Navy nonpsychotic condition and lower paygrades. More specifically, the strong relationship between a personality disorder diagnosis and a pre-Navy nonpsychotic condition was demonstrated only for paygrades E-1 through E-4.
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Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92138-9174.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States