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The frequency of personality disorders in patients with gender identity disorder.

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Co-morbid psychiatric disorders affect prognosis, psychosocial adjustment and post-surgery satisfaction in patients with gender identity disorder. In this paper, we assessed the frequency of personality disorders in Iranian GID patients. METHODS: Seventy- three patients requesting sex reassignment surgery (SRS) were recruited for this crosssectional study. Of the participants, 57.5% were biologically male and 42.5% were biologically female. They were assessed through the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory II (MCMI- II). RESULTS: The frequency of personality disorders was 81.4%. The most frequent personality disorder was narcissistic personality disorder (57.1%) and the least was borderline personality disorder. The average number of diagnoses was 3.00 per patient. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study revealed that the prevalence of personality disorders was higher among the participants, and the most frequent personality disorder was narcissistic personality disorder (57.1%), and borderline personality disorder was less common among the studied patients.

Source: PubMed Central

Authors: Azadeh Mazaheri Meybodi, Ahmad Hajebi, Atefeh Ghanbari Jolfaei

Institutions: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2396724946

FWCI: 0.753

Cites: 23

Cited by: 22

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