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Abstract
The distribution of personality disorders (PDs) was explored in hospital-treated subjects and in a population subsample. This study forms a part of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort study. Hospital case records of psychiatric treatment periods of all cohort members (n=11 017) were reviewed and re-checked against DSM-III-R criteria. A subsample of the cohort members living in Oulu (n=1609) were invited to a two-stage psychiatric field survey with Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID) as a diagnostic method. The most common PDs in hospital-treated sample were cluster B PDs (erratic). In the population subsample, cluster C PDs (anxious) formed the majority.
Kantojärvi L, Veijola J, Läksy K, Jokelainen J, Herva A, Karvonen JT, Kokkonen P, Järvelin M-R, Joukamaa M. Comparison of hospital-treated personality disorders and personality disorders in a general population sample. Nord J Psychiatry 2004;58:357–362. Oslo. ISSN 0803-9488.
Kantojärvi L, Veijola J, Läksy K, Jokelainen J, Herva A, Karvonen JT, Kokkonen P, Järvelin M-R, Joukamaa M. Comparison of hospital-treated personality disorders and personality disorders in a general population sample. Nord J Psychiatry 2004;58:357–362. Oslo. ISSN 0803-9488.