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Landmark Survey Reports the Prevalence of Personality Disorders in the United Sta

Wednesday August 4, 2004
A new study estimates that 30.8 million American adults (14.8 percent) meet standard diagnostic criteria for at least one personality disorder as defined in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition (DSM-IV).

Read more in this NIH summary.

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