Prevalence and comorbidity of axis I and axis II disorders among treatment refractory adolescents admitted for specialized psychotherapy.
Research shows that approximately half of the adolescents in a clinical setting suffer from a personality disorder (PD). This finding has not yet been replicated in Europe. To test whether this finding also applies to Europe, structured diagnostic interviews for both Axis I and Axis II disorders were used in 257 adolescents who were admitted to a highly specialized mental health setting in The Netherlands. In this study we found that 40.5% of the adolescents were diagnosed with at least one personality disorder. Most adolescents with a personality disorder (78.9%) also suffered from one or more Axis I disorders. These results are comparable to rates found in previous prevalence studies of personality disorders in both adolescents and adults. Our results provide further evidence to support the cross-national generalizability of the diagnosis of PD in adolescents.
Viersprong Institute for Studies on Personality Disorders, Halsteren, The Netherlands. dineke.feenstra@deviersprong.nl
Dine J
DJ
Feenstra
Jan J V
JJ
Busschbach
Roel
R
Verheul
Joost
J
Hutsebaut
D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015995:Prevalence; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index