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El objetivo de este trabajo fue verificar la superioridad de portadores de trastornos de personalidad en un servicio de ambulatorio de salud mental, así como identificar sus características socio-demográficas. Los trastornos de personalidad constituyen una calidad persistente de vivencia íntima o comportamiento distinto de las normas sociales y de la cultura vigente. The results obtained in this study allow a better understanding of the patients´ needs, and they can help define strategies to meet them.ĭescriptors: Personality Disorders Cross-Sectional Studies Health Services. The most prevalent type was the emotionally unstable personality disorder or borderline personality disorder (BPD) in young women with low educational levels, and about 16% has required hospital confinement in their lifetime. Personality disorder was the main diagnosis for approximately 16% of the sample. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of patients with personality disorders in an outpatient mental health services clinic, as well as to identify their social-demographic characteristics, employing a cross-sectional descriptive and exploratory methodology. Personality disorders are a persistent pattern of inner experience or behavior dissonant from the social norms and prevailing culture. IIIPhD, Associate Professor, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil IIPost-doctoral fellow, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada IDoctoral student, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil Leonardo Naves dos Reis I Emilene Reisdorfer II Edilaine Cristina da Silva Gherardi-Donato III Perfil de los usuarios con diagnóstico de trastornos de personalidad de un servicio de salud mental Profile of patients with personality disorder diagnosis at a mental health services clinic