Scaled ratings of DSM-III personality disorders.
The authors describe the use of a 4-point rating scale for DSM-III axis II categories in a hospital-based outpatient clinic. Fifty-one percent of the sample met the criteria for one or more DSM-III personality disorders. This increased to 88% when the sample also included patients rated as having "some traits" or "almost meets DSM-III criteria." Frequency distributions were obtained for each of the 11 personality disorders, and a factor analysis was derived that was similar to the groupings described in DSM-III.
D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology