OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence and correlates of personality disorder in a representative sample of the Jamaican population using the Jamaica Personality Disorder Inventory (JPDI). METHOD: A four-stage stratified random sampling method was used to obtain a representative population sample consisti...
OBJECTIVE: To establish the aetiology and historical prevalance of personality disorder in violent homicidal men in Jamaica. METHODS: Examination and analysis of primary data from the psychosocial case study interviews of 36 convicted murderers from the Jamaican Government Barnett Commission of Enquiry i...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of personality disorders in patients admitted to the psychiatric wards of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). METHOD: Patients (n = 100) sequentially admitted to the psychiatric wards of the UHWI were assessed for personality disorder using the gold s...
Manual Diagnóstico y Estadístico de los Trastornos Mentales,
Jamaica/epidemiología,
Trastornos de la Personalidad/diagnóstico,
Trastornos de la Personalidad/psicología,
Trastornos de la Personalidad/epidemiología,
Inventario de Personalidad,
Prevalencia,
Escalas de Valoración Psiquiátrica,
Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/epidemiología,
Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/complicaciones,
Factores de Edad
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of personality disorders in patients admitted to the general medical wards of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). METHOD: Patients (n = 100) sequentially admitted to the general medical wards of the UHWI were assessed for the diagnosis of personality ...
OBJECTIVE: The current study investigated the prevalence of Type D personality in persons with selfreported cardiovascular disease and the interactions of Type D personality, reported cardiovascular disease and gender in a Trinidadian cardiac population. METHODS: Between June 2009 and August 2009, 425 pa...
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) is thought to be high in Jamaica. The objective of this study was to estimate HIV prevalence and identify risk factors in order to improve prevention approaches. METHODS: With the help of influential MSM, an e...
Homosexualidad Masculina/estadística & datos numéricos,
Infecciones por Chlamydia/epidemiología,
Víctimas de Crimen/estadística & datos numéricos,
Estudios Transversales,
Gonorrea/epidemiología,
Infecciones por VIH/epidemiología,
Personas con Mala Vivienda/estadística & datos numéricos,
Jamaica/epidemiología,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual/epidemiología,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Sífilis/epidemiología,
Tricomoniasis/epidemiología,
Sexo Inseguro,
Poblaciones Vulnerables
BACKGROUND: Stable heterosexual relationships are a major determinant of the HIV epidemic and seroprevalence rate of HIV amongst antenatal women is a reflection of what is happening in the larger society. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to determine the HIV seroprevalence rate and to identify factors respons...
Atención Ambulatoria,
Estudios Transversales,
Infecciones por VIH/epidemiología,
Nigeria/epidemiología,
Paridad,
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/epidemiología,
Atención Prenatal,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Conducta Sexual/estadística & datos numéricos,
Parejas Sexuales,
Factores Socioeconómicos
OBJECTIVE: To examine the history of personality disorder in the context of contemporary post-colonial Jamaican society. METHODS: The literature outlining the development and classification of personality disorder is reviewed. The social, psychiatric and epidemiological studies of personality disorder in...
Antecedentes: se conoce poco sobre la infección plasmodial mixta (IPMx) y la malaria mixta (MMx). Objetivo: revisar y resumir la información sobre la frecuencia de IPMx/MMx en Colombia y América Latina. Metodología: revisión sistemática sobre IPMx/MMx; se consultó en Pubmed y Lilacs con las expres...
OBJETIVO: determinar la prevalencia de VIH y las características socio-demográficas del habitante de calle en la ciudad de Medellín, con la finalidad de ampliar la comprensión de la problemática en este grupo vulnerable. METODOLOGÍA: se realizó un estudio de corte transversal; se determinó la ser...
