DIAGNOSTIC RATE OF COMORBID PERSONALITY-DISORDER IN ELDERLY PSYCHIATRIC-INPATIENTS

Authors
KUNIK ME MULSANT BH RIFAI AH SWEET RA PASTERNAK R ZUBENKO GS
Citation
Me. Kunik et al., DIAGNOSTIC RATE OF COMORBID PERSONALITY-DISORDER IN ELDERLY PSYCHIATRIC-INPATIENTS, The American journal of psychiatry, 151(4), 1994, pp. 603-605
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
The American journal of psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
0002953X
Volume
151
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
603 - 605
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-953X(1994)151:4<603:DROCPI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Among 547 elderly inpatients grouped by DSM-III-R axis I diagnoses, th e diagnostic rate of comorbid personality disorder varied four-fold, f rom 6% in patients with an organic mental disorder to 24% in those wit h major depression. The previously reported low prevalence of comorbid personality disorder in geriatric patients may be due to its lower ra te of diagnosis among patients with organic mental disorders.