Personality disorders, violence and antisocial behaviour: updated systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Links between personality disorders and antisocial outcomes has not examined individual personality disorders, and the contribution of comorbidities remain uncertain. Previous systematic reviews are dated.

Aims

To synthesise evidence from observational studies on the risk of antisocial outcomes and recidivism associated with personality disorders.

Method

We searched six bibliographic databases (up to March 2024) for observational studies examining the risk of antisocial behaviour, interpersonal violence and recidivism in individuals diagnosed with personality disorders, compared to controls. We explored sources of heterogeneity using subgroup analyses and meta-regression.

Results

We identified 21 studies involving 83 418 individuals with personality

SUBMITTER: Chow RTS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12278050 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature