title: Gender differences in personality disorders in psychiatrically hospitalized young adults.
abstract: We examined gender differences in DSM-III-R personality disorders in psychiatrically hospitalized young adults. Structured diagnostic interviews were reliably performed on a consecutive series of 118 inpatients. Men were significantly more likely to meet criteria for cluster A, schizotypal, and antisocial personality disorders. To reduce variability due to axis I heterogeneity, we retested for gender differences in a subgroup of patients with major depression. Depressed men were more likely to meet criteria for cluster A, schizotypal, and cluster C personality disorders. Women were not observed to have a higher frequency of any personality disorder than men in either study group.
authors.affiliation: Yale Psychiatric Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Grilo
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Edell
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: McGlashan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010359:Patient Readmission; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors