Childhood adversity and personality disorders: Results from a nationally representative population-based study
Journal of Psychiatric ResearchPublished 11 December 2010
Tracie O. Afifi, Amber A. Mather, Jonathon Boman, William Fleisher, Murray W. Enns, Harriet L. MacMillan
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The results indicated that many types of childhood adversity were highly prevalent among individuals with PDs in the general population and childhood adversity was most consistently associated with schizotypal, antisocial, borderline, and narcissistic PDs.
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Further research is necessary to understand whether such exposure has a causal role in the association with PDs. In addition to preventing child maltreatment, it is important to determine ways to prevent impairment among those exposed to adversity, as this may reduce the development of PDs.
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