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The nature (and nurture) of personality disorders.

Scandinavian journal of psychology - 1 Dec 2009

Torgersen Svenn

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Personality disorders have a long history in the literature but a short scientific history. The point prevalence of personality disorders is 10%, but the lifetime prevalence is probably 30-40%. Genetic factors contribute to around 40-50% of the variation in the development of personality disorders. The effect of shared environment is very small or non-existent. Some researchers have tried to promote...

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PMID: 19930262
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00788.x

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