Prevalencia de los trastornos de la personalidad en estudiantes universitarios de la ciudad de Medellín

The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence of personality disorders in university students in Medellin, Colombia. The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory II (MCMI-II) (Millon, 1987a) was applied to 1907 students from six universities. The mean age was 22 years old, and the age range was between 16 and 63 years old. A database was built containing the following information: socio-demographic variables, direct scores and standardized scores for each disorder, and a new variable, called “cut-off point”, was established, which categorized the “presence” or “absence” of the disorders. A descriptive analysis was carried out to determine the disorders´ prevalence and the outcome, going from the strongest to the weakest, was: Borderline Personality Disorder, Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Narcissist Personality Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Paranoid Personality Disorder, Aggressive-Sadistic Personality Disorder, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Self-Destructive Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Dependent Personality Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder and Schizoid Personality Disorder.