[The prevalence of borderline mental disorders in persons of either sex].
Examination of patients in two Moscow general out-patient clinics (No 84 and 127) revealed that there were much more women (80.9%) with borderline mental disorders (BMD) in comparison with men. This finding corresponded well to literary data about higher incidence of BMD (especially of mild depressions) in women. However, profound investigation revealed that existing indices of BMD sex prevalence didn't reflect the real differences in BMD (affective especially) incidence in men and women, but they occurred most probably as the result of interaction of three factors, namely: the real sex difference in prevalence of these disorders, their masking by alcoholism in men, and differences in "medical behaviour" in women and men.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009031:Moscow / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
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