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Article: Personality disorders may worsen with age.(Mental Health)
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- Family Practice News
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- November 1, 2007
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PHILADELPHIA -- Personality disorders may appear to worsen with advancing age, although the prevalence remains stable with about 10%-20% of people age 65 or older having a personality disorder, Erlene Rosowsky, Psy.D., said at a conference sponsored by the American Society on Aging.
In general, personality disorders do not appear for the first time in old age. More commonly, the behavior first appears at a younger age. A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of behavior that is stable, of long duration, and pervasive, and causes clinically significant impairment by producing behavior that markedly deviates from social expectations. In some cases, ...