Personality Disorders: Diagnosis
(asked on 12th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of diagnosis of personality disorders in (a) adults and (b) adolescents in the last five years.
No specific assessment has been made. The ‘Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey: Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, England, 2014’ records the prevalence of and trends in personality disorders in those aged 18 to 64 years old. The Survey is available at the following link:
The next Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey is expected to commence in 2022, with the final report to be published in 2024.
The ‘Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2017’ survey provides estimates of the prevalence of specific disorders, including behavioural disorders for children and young people. These disorders are generally only diagnosed in children and young people and the presence in childhood is required for certain adult psychiatric diagnoses, such as antisocial personality disorder. The survey is available at the following link:
Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2017 [PAS] - NHS Digital