Sociocultural aspects of the genesis of personality disorders

The prevalence of personality disorders seems to be increasing in the last decades. Many sociologists and historians believe that since the end of World War II, we have seen important changes, social, cultural and economic, which could indicate that we are entering a new age. The Postmodern Age, aft...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Actas españolas de psiquiatría 2001-01, Vol.29 (1), p.47-57
Hauptverfasser:	Pérez Urdániz, A, Santos García, J M, Molina Ramos, R, Rubio Larrosa, V, Carrasco Perera, J L, Mosqueira Terrón, I, Romero, E F
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	spa
Schlagworte:	Altruism Culture Family Freedom History, 16th Century History, 17th Century History, 18th Century History, 19th Century History, 20th Century History, Ancient History, Medieval Humans Personality Disorders - classification Personality Disorders - etiology Personality Disorders - history Social Environment Socioeconomic Factors Western World - history
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Zusammenfassung:	The prevalence of personality disorders seems to be increasing in the last decades. Many sociologists and historians believe that since the end of World War II, we have seen important changes, social, cultural and economic, which could indicate that we are entering a new age. The Postmodern Age, after nearly 500 years of Modern Age. Postmodernits is characterized by an increase of the speed in all realms of life, permanent changes, materialism, dominance of capitalism as economic model, changes of roles, etc. We speculate about the posibility that the characteristics of postmodern society may be contributing to the increase of prevalence of personality disorders in general and some of them in particular.
ISSN:	1139-9287