title: Personality disorder prevalence and treatment outcomes: a literature review.
abstract: Personality disorder is argued to be the most prevalent psychiatric disorder and is considered to be a significant public health burden, yet there is little evidence that the disorder occupies a commensurate place in public health service planning, appropriate to such a burden. This paper reviews the prevalence and treatment outcome studies of individuals with personality disorder. The literature search highlighted prevalence studies and evidence based pharmacological, psychosocial, and alliance based interventions within this area. From this review, the place of mental health nurses within health service models is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Nurse Education & Research Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, High Street, Randwick, Sydney NSW 2031, Australia. Scott.Lamont@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lamont
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brunero
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002491:Central Nervous System Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D003379:Countertransference; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015995:Prevalence; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011634:Public Health; D013240:Stereotyping; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002491:Central Nervous System Agents