Personality disorders in medical students: measuring by IPDE-10.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the personality disorders (PDs) of fifth year medical students of Chiang Mai University according to International Classification of Disease -10 (ICD-10) system by using IPDE-10.


METHODS
A group of ninety-nine out of 150 of fifth-year medical students of Chiang Mai University undertook personality disorder inventory - International Personality Disorder Examination ICD-10 screening questionnaires (IPDE-ICD 10). Those who received diagnoses of personality disorders were subsequently interviewed by the authors to find definite diagnoses.


RESULTS
The prevalence rate of PDs was 9%. The proportion of all PDs was as follows; 1%, 3%, 2%, 2%, and 1% for paranoid, impulsive, histrionic, anankastic, and dependent, respectively. The rate of probable diagnoses of PDs ranged from 1%-22.8%.


CONCLUSIONS
The prevalence rate found in the medical students group did not differ from that in other populations. The benefit of ICD diagnosis system was discussed.
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Nahathai
N
Wongpakaran
Tinakon
T
Wongpakaran
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology