Personality disorders in the community

Just under half of all people with psychiatric disorders, have a co-existing chronic physical illness. However, less attention has been paid the physical health outcomes of<br />individuals living with these disorders in the general population, or their<br />treatment seeking behaviors. In absence of these data, we do know those living<br />with PD encounter disability and suffer significantly. The aims of this thesis,<br />were to investigate the prevalence of PDs, and associations with physical<br />health comorbidities, and health service utilization, in population-based<br />samples (≥20 years), from Australia, and the United States (US).