COMMUNITARY PREVALENCE OF PERSONALITY DYS FUNCTION - RESULTS OF A PILOT-STUDY

This is the report of a pilot study which assessed the community preva lence of personality disorders in the South of Mexico City. Methods. F rom a representative sample of the total population of the selected ge ographic zone we evaluated the first 98 cases in order to compare the behavior of the two self-applied instruments selected: the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and the Personality Diagnosis Questionn aire-revised (PDQR). Results: The TCI general prevalence of personalit y disorders was 7.2 %, while the PDQR detected 28.6 % of the cases. We also present the specific DSM-III-R personality disorder categories f ound in each instrument. Conclusion: The ICI could be a better way of evaluating personality disorders in a community sample in Mexico City, as the PDQR overdiagnose the categories.