Personality Disorders in Older Adults: Findings From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 757-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Pierre Schuster ◽  
Nicolas Hoertel ◽  
Yann Le Strat ◽  
Aude Manetti ◽  
Frédéric Limosin
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Epidemiologic Survey

scholarly journals Personality disorders in older adults: expert opinion as a first step toward evaluating the criterion validity of an informant questionnaire (HAP)

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.P.J. Barendse ◽  
G. Rossi ◽  
S.P.J. Van Alphen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Validated Questionnaires ◽  
Dsm Iv ◽  
Research Questions

There is a lack of validated questionnaires for screening personality disorders (PDs) in older adults (e.g. Van Alphen et al., 2012). The development of measurement instruments is hampered because the criteria of DSM-IV-TR PD are not age-neutral that might lead to over- and underdiagnosis (Balsis et al., 2007). As far as we know only three measurement instruments have been specifically developed for older adults, including the Hetero- Anamnestic Personality questionnaire (HAP; Barendse et al., 2013). However, we did not find any articles concerning the criterion validity of all ten PDs in an elderly population. In this Delphi study, a panel of experts examined two research questions: (1) To what extend are the items of the HAP age-neutral? (2) Does the HAP detect all ten specific PD's of DSM-IV-TR, based on qualitative research?

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