Personality disorder diagnoses using DSM-III-R in a Japanese clinical sample with major depression.
To investigate the availability of DSM-III-R Axis-II diagnoses in Japan, DSM-III-R personality disorders (PDs) were diagnosed in a large sample of Japanese out-patients with major depression. The SCID-II was administered to 118 consecutive out-patients with major depression. In general, the frequency of PD according to DSM-III-R criteria in this study was within the range of frequencies reported in North American and European studies. However, schizoid and narcissistic PDs were more frequent in this study. DSM-III-R diagnoses of PD would also be potentially useful for assessing personality disturbance in Japan. The DSM-III-R criteria for schizoid and narcissistic PDs may not be suitable for Japanese samples.
Sato
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Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake-shi, Japan.
Sakado
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Uehara
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Sato
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Nishioka
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Kasahara
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Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D019366:Western World