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Hesse and Moran BMC Psychiatry 2010, 10:10 /1471-244X/10/10 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Screening for personality disorder with the Standardised Assessment of Personality: Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS): further evidence of concurrent validity Morten Hesse1*, Paul Moran2 Abstract Background: The assessment of personality disorders (PD) is costly and time-consuming. There is a need for a brief screen for personality disorders that can be used in routine clinical settings and epidemiological surveys. Aims: To test the validity of the Standardised Assessment of Personality: Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS) as a screen for PD in a clinical sample of substance abusers. Methods: Convergent validity of the SAPAS with both categorical and dimensional representations of personality disorders was estimated. Results: In this sample, the SAPAS correlated well with dimensional representations of cluster A and C personality disorders, even after controlling for ADHD symptoms, anxiety/depression symptoms and recent substance use. The SAPAS was also significantly associated with total number of PD criteria, although correlation with categorical measures of PD was weak. Conclusions: The SAPAS is an valid brief screen for PD as assessed dimensionally. Background the presence of a personality disorder according to the Personality pathology is common among substance Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV- Axis II dependent patients [1]. Substance dependent patients [4]. It was designed to be so brief that it could be used display the full range of personality disorders, and these in both routine clinical assessment when pressed for diverse disorders predict impairment in different areas time, and potentially in c