A Study of Personality Disorders in Alcoholics.
- Author:
Dong In KIM
1
;
Byoung Jo KIM
;
You Kyoung PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Presbyterian Medical Center, Jeonju.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Alcoholics;
Personality disorder;
Comorbidity
- MeSH:
Alcoholics*;
Alcoholism;
Axis, Cervical Vertebra;
Comorbidity;
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders;
Hospitals, Psychiatric;
Humans;
Personality Disorders*;
Population Groups;
Prevalence
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2001;40(3):452-462
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of personality disorders among non-alcoholics and hospitalized alcoholics and the extent and nature of the overlap between different axis II disorders. METHODS: Subjects were 87 non-alcoholics in the general population group and 94 alcoholics admitted to psychiatric hospital. Alcohol dependence was diagnosed according to DSM-IV by the MAST, and general group and patients were assessed with the PDQ-4+. RESULTS: In the general population group, 52.3% of non-alcoholics had at least one personality disorder and the average number of personality disorders was 1.23 per person. In the alcohol group, 88.3% of the patients had at least one personality disorder and the average number of personality disorders was 4.26 per patient. CONCLUSION: In our study, there is no single "alcoholic personality" emerged.
