Prevalence of DSM-IV Personality Disorders in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Controlled S

[alex3619]

So 16% of the population have personality disorders.It makes me wonder when does someone with a personality that a pscyhiatrist doesn't like become disordered.

I am willing to bet that most who oppose psychiatry or psychiatric treatments, including me, would generally be regarded by most psychiatrist as having a psychiatric disorder. That is easier than confronting the problems in psychiatry, even though most psychiatrists and clinical psychologists are well aware of these problems.

 

[Bob]

@Esther12, this is an interesting/helpful research finding.

High scores on neuroticism and low scores on
extraversion were found mainly during periods
when patients were ill, suggesting these findings
were a reaction to CFS rather than precipitating
factors.[79]

79. Buckley L, MacHale SM, Cavanagh JT, et al. Personality di-
mensions in chronic fatigue syndrome and depression. J Psy-
chosom Res 1999; 46: 395-400

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