Dimensional representations of DSM-IV cluster B personality disorders in a population-based sample of Norwegian twins: a multivariate study

2008231 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Svenn Torgersen · Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway

Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski · University of Oslo

Kristen C. Jacobson · University of Chicago

Ted Reichborn‐Kjennerud · Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Espen Røysamb · Norwegian Institute of Public Health

M C Neale · Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

K S Kendler

Abstract

The frequently observed co-morbidity between cluster B PDs results from both common genetic and environmental influences. Etiologically, cluster B has a 'substructure' in which ASPD and BPD are more closely related to each other than to the other cluster B disorders.

Topics & Keywords

Personality Disorders and Psychopathology Personality Traits and Psychology Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

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Publication Details

Published in: Psychological Medicine

Volume 38, Issue 11, pp. 1617-1625

DOI: 10.1017/s0033291708002924

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