The Epidemiology of Personality Disorders in the U.S. Navy

Abstract

This study evaluated the incidence of first hospitalizations for personality disorders and their association with career outcomes for Navy enlisted personnel. Gender differences, rates for subtypes, and changes in hospital admission rates over time also were examined. Personnel who were first hospitalized with a personality disorder between 1980-1988 were followed through 1992 and were compared with a control group that did not manifest such pathology. Hospitalized personality disorder cases demonstrated pathology very early in their military careers, which was judged to have been present prior to enlistment in more than one-half of the cases. Women were more likely than men to have a first hospitalization for personality disorders. Rates in both men and women increased during the latter one-half of the 1980s and decreased during the early 1990s.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA419525

Entities

People

  • E. K.Eric Gunderson
  • Laurel L Hourani

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Epidemiology
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Hospitalizations
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Disorders
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Personality
  • Personality Disorders
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychiatry
  • Public Health

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

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