This study examines the direct and indirect costs for individuals seeking mental health treatment for personality disorder in the Netherlands.  The findings indicate that patients who seek treatment for personality disorder are disproportionately more costly to society the patients with other types of mental health conditions. 

Soeteman, D. I., Hakkaart-van Roijen L., Verheul, R., & Busschbach, J. J. (2008). The economic burden of personality disorders in mental health care. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 69(2), 259-65. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18363454

Authors: Diora I. Soeteman, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Roel Verheul, Jan J. V. Busschbach