EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS

描述（改编自申请人摘要）： 人格障碍包括研究他们的特点，患病率 和分布，以及与精神病理学的联系。 最好 从普通人群中抽取样本进行。 900人的队列 个人，最初是东部居民的概率样本 巴尔的摩18岁以上的1981年，将被研究。 这个的目标 研究内容包括：（1）评定人格障碍的潜在结构 （2）估计11种DSM-IV人格的患病率 障碍和确定人格障碍维度的分布; (3)评估人格障碍与特定 轴I条件;（4）调查社会成本和后果 人格病理学 精神科医生将使用SCAN对受试者进行检查。 人格 评估将采用多种测量方式进行 包括结构化人格障碍访谈（PDE），临床 由精神科医生进行评估，使用PDE进行线人评估， 测量不同性格的自填问卷 尺寸（NEO-PI和TCI）。 将使用各种分析技术， 包括估计权重以允许按年龄调整损耗， 性别和种族 目前的建议通过利用追踪来最大限度地降低成本。 非洲经委会后续研究报告已在 资金。 它提供了一个不寻常的机会， 人格障碍;他们的诊断，人口比率和分布， 过程和后果

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): The epidemiology of personality disorders includes study of their characteristics, prevalence and distribution, and association with psychopathology. It is best conducted with a sample drawn from the general population. A cohort of 900 individuals, originally a probability sample of residents of Eastern Baltimore over 18 years of age in 1981, will be studied. The goals of this research are: (1) to assess the latent structure of personality disorder constructs; (2) to estimate the prevalence of eleven DSM-IV personality disorders and determine the distribution of personality disorder dimensions; (3) to evaluate the relationship between personality disorders and specific Axis I conditions; and (4) to investigate the social costs and consequences of personality pathology. The subjects will be examined by psychiatrists using the SCAN. Personality assessment will be conducted with multiple modalities of measurement including a structured personality disorder interview (PDE), clinical evaluation by a psychiatrist, informant assessment using the PDE, and two self-administered questionnaires which measure different personality dimensions (NEO-PI and TCI). A variety of analytic techniques will be used, including estimation of weights to permit adjustment for attrition by age, sex and race. This current proposal minimizes costs by taking advantages of the tracing and diagnostic evaluations of the ECA follow-up study which is already funded. It provides an unusual opportunity to develop insights into personality disorders; their diagnosis, population rates and distribution, and course and consequences.