Personality Disorder Diagnoses or SCID-II; First
et al
., 1997), the most commonly occurring
personality disorder diagnoses were antisocial
and borderline personality disorders (Logan,
2002; Logan, 2003).
In a sample of hospitalised
women, the prevalence of borderline personality
disorder just exceeded that of antisocial
personality disorder. Over three quarters of the
sample of hospitalised and imprisoned women
received at least one definite personality disorder
diagnosis, and comorbidity was common. For
example, a diagnosis
of any substance dependence
disorder was almost six times more likely to be
associated with a diagnosis of antisocial
personality disorder and three times more likely
to be associated with a diagnosis of borderline
disorder. Also, a high
level of comorbidity was
detected between diagnoses of borderline
personality disorder and psychotic disorders.
Characteristics consistent with the clinical
description of psychopathy were detected in 15
per cent of the women assessed in this study.
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