Antisocial Personality Disorder in Mexican Women: A Study of Sociodemographic Variables and Comorbid Mental Disorders.

INTRODUCTION

Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is mainly based on social irresponsibility that leads to delinquent, criminal, and exploitative behavior toward others, as well as difficulty in adapting to social norms. This disorder predominates in the male gender, and therefore, most of the research to date has been conducted in men. In the following study, we aimed to describe the main sociodemographic variables and psychiatric comorbidities presented in women with a diagnosis of APD.

METHODS

We assessed 54 women with a diagnosis of APD, of whom sociodemographic characteristics were collected, and the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV Axis II Disorders (SCID-II) and the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) 5.0.0 were applied.

RESULTS

We found a weak positive correlation with the obsessive (rs = 0.28, p = 0.039), passive-aggressive (rs = 0.29, p = 0.034), paranoid (rs = 0.39, p = 0.004), narcissistic (rs = 0.36, p = 0.008), and borderline (rs = 0.35, p = 0.010) personality domains, with a median age of 24.00 (IQR = 11.50) years, and the majority mainly being single and unemployed. We also found high rates of suicidal risk, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, which was consistent with what has been reported elsewhere.

CONCLUSION

Research on APD and its comorbidities in women is limited, especially in Mexico, where women with APD show similar patterns to those in developed countries. This suggests the need for gender-specific interventions and a dimensional approach to improve the diagnosis and treatment of APD.