Personality Disorders in Medical Students: Measuring by IPDE-10
Nahathai Wongpakaran, MD*, Tinakon Wongpakaran (Chan-Ob), MD*
Affiliation : * Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai
Objectives : The purpose of the present study was to investigate the personality disorders(PDs) of fifth year
medical students of Chiang Mai University according to International Classification of Disease -10 (ICD-
10) system by using IPDE-10.
Materials and Methods : A group of ninety-nine out of 150 of fifth-year medical students of Chiang Mai
University undertook personality disorder inventory - International Personality Disorder Examination ICD-
10 screening questionnaires (IPDE-ICD 10). Those who received diagnoses of personality disorders were
subsequently interviewed by the authors to find definite diagnoses.
Results : The prevalence rate of PDs was 9%. The proportion of all PDs was as follows; 1%, 3%, 2%,2%, and
1% for paranoid, impulsive, histrionic, anankastic, and dependent, respectively. The rate of probable diag-
noses of PDs ranged from 1%-22.8%.
Conclusion : The prevalence rate found in the medical students group did not differ from that in other
populations. The benefit of ICD diagnosis system was discussed.
Keywords : Medical students personality disorders, IPDE
