TY - JOUR JF - MJIRI JO - Med J Islam Repub Iran VL - 28 IS - 1 PY - 2014 Y1 - 2014/1/01 TI - The frequency of personality disorders in patients with gender identity disorder TT - N2 -   Background :Co-morbid psychiatric disorders affect prognosis, psychosocial adjustment and post-surgery satisfaction in patients with gender identity disorder. In this paper, we assessed the frequency of personality disorders in Iranian GID patients.   Methods : Seventy- three patients requesting sex reassignment surgery (SRS) were recruited for this cross- sectional study. Of the participants, 57.5% were biologically male and 42.5% were biologically female. They were assessed through the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory II (MCMI- II).   Results : The frequency of personality disorders was 81.4%. The most frequent personality disorder was narcissistic personality disorder (57.1%) and the least was borderline personality disorder. The average number of diagnoses was 3.00 per patient.   Conclusion : The findings of this study revealed that the prevalence of personality disorders was higher among the participants, and the most frequent personality disorder was narcissistic personality disorder (57.1%), and borderline personality disorder was less common among the studied patients. SP - 582 EP - 587 AU - Mazaheri Meybodi, Azadeh AU - Hajebi, Ahmad AU - Ghanbari Jolfaei, Atefeh AD - Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. KW - Personality disorder KW - Gender identity disorder. UR - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2444-en.html ER -