Continuities between psychiatric disorders in adolescents and personality disorders in young adults

• DOI: 10.1176/ajp.152.6.895
• Publication Date: 2014-12-17T19:49:11Z
• Authors: Juan Miguel Rey Pino; Allen Morris‐Yates; Maria Fiatarone S...; Gavin Andrews; Gordon W. Stewart
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Adolescent; Mental Disorders; Age Factors; Comorbidity; Anxiety Disorders; Personality Disorders; Severity of Illness Index; 3. Good health; Sex Factors; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Humans; Female; Follow-Up Studies

Personality disorders are a major mental health problem, but little information about their etiology and natural history is available. This study examined continuities between axis I in adolescents personality young adults.The authors interviewed 145 adults (mean age, 19.6 years) who had been diagnosed with variety of DSM-III emotional disruptive during adolescence 13.7 years). The Disorder Examination was used to establish whether the subjects currently suffered from disorders.Subjects showed high rates all types (40% disorder at follow-up), while lower rate (12%). Men were more likely have cluster A disorders, women C disorders. Disruptive diagnoses associated B did not show an association Oppositional increase likelihood passive-aggressive disorder. There attention deficit hyperactivity borderline disorder.The among than those suggesting either that treatment for effective or psychopathology these as severe