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Although personality disorders are highly prevalent among older adults, they receive significantly less attention in the medical literature than many other late life psychiatric disorders. Among older adults, these disorders often present with major diagnostic challenges given their high comorbidity with various medical and psychiatric disorders in late life. In addition, personality disorders complicate the course and treatment of other psychiatric disorders and tend to worsen the quality of life among older adults. There is a dearth of data on the treatment of personality disorders among older adults, but available treatments show some efficacy for these conditions. In this chapter we discuss the epidemiology, neurobiology, diagnosis, outcomes, and treatments for personality disorders among older adults.
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Kerfoot, K. (2018). Personality Disorders. In: Tampi, R., Tampi, D., Boyle, L. (eds) Psychiatric Disorders Late in Life. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73078-3_24
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