Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:485-488
Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Association
Sex distribution of DSM-III personality disorders in psychiatric outpatients
J Reich
The author determined the sex distribution of 170 outpatients with a
DSM-III diagnosis of personality disorder measured by standardized
instruments and compared his findings with DSM-III predictions. They
confirmed the prediction of more women diagnosed as having histrionic
personality disorder and more men diagnosed as having paranoid, compulsive,
and antisocial personality disorders. The predicted excess of women
diagnosed as having borderline and dependent personality disorders was not
confirmed.
