Comparison of hospital-treated personality disorders and personality disorders in a general population sample.
The distribution of personality disorders (PDs) was explored in hospital-treated subjects and in a population subsample. This study forms a part of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort study. Hospital case records of psychiatric treatment periods of all cohort members (n=11,017) were reviewed and re-checked against DSM-III-R criteria. A subsample of the cohort members living in Oulu (n=1609) were invited to a two-stage psychiatric field survey with Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID) as a diagnostic method. The most common PDs in hospital-treated sample were cluster B PDs (erratic). In the population subsample, cluster C PDs (anxious) formed the majority.
Kantojärvi
Liisa
L
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Finland. liisa.kantojarvi@oulu.fi
Veijola
Juha
J
Läksy
Kristian
K
Jokelainen
Jari
J
Herva
Anne
A
Karvonen
Juha T
JT
Kokkonen
Pirkko
P
Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta
MR
Joukamaa
Matti
M
D000328:Adult; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012042:Registries