title: [Sociocultural aspects of the genesis of personality disorders].
abstract: The prevalence of personality disorders seems to be increasing in the last decades. Many sociologists and historians believe that since the end of World War II, we have seen important changes, social, cultural and economic, which could indicate that we are entering a new age. The Postmodern Age, after nearly 500 years of Modern Age. Postmodernits is characterized by an increase of the speed in all realms of life, permanent changes, materialism, dominance of capitalism as economic model, changes of roles, etc. We speculate about the posibility that the characteristics of postmodern society may be contributing to the increase of prevalence of personality disorders in general and some of them in particular.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Paseo San Vicente, 58-182, 37007 Salamanca.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pérez Urdániz
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Santos García
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Molina Ramos
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rubio Larrosa
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Carrasco Perera
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mosqueira Terrón
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Romero
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D003469:Culture; D005190:Family; D005610:Freedom; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history*; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019366:Western World / Q000266:history