PMID- 1743008
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19920114
LR  - 20190902
IS  - 0010-440X (Print)
IS  - 0010-440X (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 5
DP  - 1991 Sep-Oct
TI  - On the homogeneity of personality disorder clusters.
PG  - 373-86
AB  - This study was conducted using as subjects persons seeking psychiatric care in a 
      public intake facility. Patients who received a diagnosis of a personality 
      disorder (PD) on axis II constituted the study sample. The study is unique in 
      that it attempts to analyze in a treatment population the relationships between 
      all of the personality disorders (PD) stipulated in DSM-III with emphasis on 
      their relationships to the associated features recorded in the remaining axes of 
      DSM-III. The specific aim of the study was to determine the variation that exists 
      with respect to clinical and demographic variables across the PD clusters 
      categorized in DSM-III and across the PD types of each of the DSM-III PD 
      clusters. In general, considerable inhomogeneity was shown within and across 
      clusters in both demographic and clinical variables, although differences among 
      clusters were noted as well. Cluster B differs prominently from its cohorts with 
      respect to demographic and clinical characteristics. Some of the limitations of 
      these results are emphasized.
FAU - Fabrega, H Jr
AU  - Fabrega H Jr
AD  - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and 
      Clinic, PA 15213.
FAU - Ulrich, R
AU  - Ulrich R
FAU - Pilkonis, P
AU  - Pilkonis P
FAU - Mezzich, J
AU  - Mezzich J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Compr Psychiatry
JT  - Comprehensive psychiatry
JID - 0372612
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cluster Analysis
MH  - Diagnosis, Differential
MH  - Female
MH  - *Hospitalization
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Personality Disorders/*classification/*diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychometrics
EDAT- 1991/09/11 19:15
MHDA- 2001/03/28 10:01
CRDT- 1991/09/11 19:15
PHST- 1991/09/11 19:15 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/03/28 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 1991/09/11 19:15 [entrez]
AID - 0010-440X(91)90014-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/0010-440x(91)90014-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Compr Psychiatry. 1991 Sep-Oct;32(5):373-86. doi: 10.1016/0010-440x(91)90014-4.