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Co-morbidity of personality disorders
The co-morbidity of mental illness with personality disorder is a controversial topic, made difficult by disagreement over diagnosis and the fundamentals of personality structure. However, there would appear to be four possible points of view: 1Personality disorder and mental illness cannot exist simultaneously. This position perhaps provides the weakest argument, with little empirical evidence. However, […]
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Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity
Mental symptoms: 30% of adults experience worry, tension, irritability or sleep disturbance at any time All mental disorders: >20% of adults at any time suffer mental health problems; 25% of general practice consultations involve mental health problems Depression (including mixed anxiety and depression): 10% of adults depressed in a week; 55% depressed at some time […]
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