Diagnostic rate of comorbid personality disorder in elderly psychiatric inpatients



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Am J Psychiatry 1994; 151:603-605
Copyright © 1994 by American Psychiatric Association

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Diagnostic rate of comorbid personality disorder in elderly psychiatric inpatients

ME Kunik, BH Mulsant, AH Rifai, RA Sweet, R Pasternak and GS Zubenko
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA.

Among 547 elderly inpatients grouped by DSM-III-R axis I diagnoses, the diagnostic rate of comorbid personality disorder varied four-fold, from 6% in patients with an organic mental disorder to 24% in those with major depression. The previously reported low prevalence of comorbid personality disorder in geriatric patients may be due to its lower rate of diagnosis among patients with organic mental disorders.

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