Personality Disorders - Research News and Information

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Deliberate self-harm in female patients with affective disorders: investigation of personality structure and affect regulation by means of operationalized psychodynamic diagnostics.

29 Sep 2008 This study investigated psychodynamically relevant dimensions in female depressive patients with and without deliberate self-harm (DSH). DSH is often observed in depressive patients and frequently shows a correlation with personality disorders. ... Read more...

[Psychotherapeutic treatment concepts of personality disorders in patients with childhood traumatization]

30 Aug 2008 The psychotherapeutic treatment of personality disorders in patients with childhood traumatization is still a major challenge. The broad range of clinical problems includes disturbed emotion regulation, reduced mentalization function, impaired ... Read more...

A dimensional model of personality disorder: proposal for DSM-V.

28 Aug 2008 A proposal made for DSM-IV was to include a means with which to provide a dimensional profile of a patient in terms of the diagnostic categories. However, a suggestion of the DSM-V Research Planning Conference on personality disorders was to ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Personality Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Deliberate self-harm in female patients with affective disorders: investigation of personality structure and affect regulation by means of operationalized psychodynamic diagnostics. 29 Sep 2008
• [Psychotherapeutic treatment concepts of personality disorders in patients with childhood traumatization] 30 Aug 2008
• Recent research in personality disorders. Preface. 28 Aug 2008
• A dimensional model of personality disorder: proposal for DSM-V. 28 Aug 2008
• The perils of dimensionalization: challenges in distinguishing negative traits from personality disorders. 28 Aug 2008
• Epidemiology of personality disorders. 28 Aug 2008
• The frequency of personality disorders in psychiatric patients. 28 Aug 2008
• Genetics of personality disorders. 28 Aug 2008
• Child development and personality disorder. 28 Aug 2008
• Longitudinal course and outcome of personality disorders. 28 Aug 2008
• Reasons for change in borderline personality disorder (and other axis II disorders). 28 Aug 2008
• Clinical trials of treatment for personality disorders. 28 Aug 2008
• Assessment and emergency management of suicidality in personality disorders. 28 Aug 2008
• Research trends and directions in the study of personality disorder. 28 Aug 2008
• Why are programmes for offenders with personality disorder not informed by the relevant scientific findings? 8 Aug 2008
• Structure of personality pathology in normal and clinical samples: Spanish validation of the DAPP-BQ. 30 Jul 2008
• Personality disorders and the five-factor model among French speakers in Africa and Europe. 30 Jul 2008
• [Germinoma presenting with personality and socio-behavioral abnormalities may challenge differential diagnoses] 28 Jul 2008
• Stress load during childhood affects psychopathology in psychiatric patients. 21 Jul 2008
• [The role of genetics in the personality and its disorders: a clinical point of view] 29 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Personality Disorders'

Definition: A major deviation from normal patterns of behavior.

Descriptor UI: D010554

Alternative terms: Personality Disorders; Personality Disorder; As If Personality; Personality, As If; Avoidant Personality Disorder; Avoidant Personality Disorders; Personality Disorder, Avoidant; Personality Disorders, Avoidant; Impulse-Ridden Personality; Impulse Ridden Personality; Personality, Impulse-Ridden; Inadequate Personality; Personality, Inadequate; Narcissistic Personality Disorder; Personality Disorder, Narcissistic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.675;

Online Note: use PERSONALITY DISORDERS to search AS IF PERSONALITY 1975-78 & IMPULSE-RIDDEN PERSONALITY & INADEQUATE PERSONALITY 1968-78

History Note: 68; AS IF PERSONALITY was see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1975-78; IMPULSE-RIDDEN PERSONALITY & INADEQUATE PERSONALITY were see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1968-78