title: DOES HAVING A DYSFUNCTIONAL PERSONALITY HURT YOUR CAREER? AXIS II PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES.
abstract: Despite recent interest in how psychiatric disorders affect work outcomes, little is known about the role of personality disorders (PDs), which are poorly understood yet prevalent (15%) and impairing. We used nationally representative data for 12,457 men and 16,061 women to examine associations of PDs with any employment, full-time employment, chronic unemployment, being fired or laid off, and having trouble with a boss or co-worker. Antisocial, paranoid, and obsessive-compulsive PDs demonstrated the broadest patterns of associations with adverse outcomes. Findings suggest that PDs may have implications for the productivity of co-workers as well as that of the disordered employees themselves.
authors: Professor, Departments of Medicine and Health Services, University of California Los Angeles. 911 Broxton Plaza, Room 106, Box 951736, Los Angeles, California, 90095-1736 USA.  settner@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors: Susan L
authors: SL
authors: Ettner
authors: Johanna Catherine
authors: JC
authors: Maclean
authors: Michael T
authors: MT
authors: French