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Thyroid hormones and adult interpersonal violence among women with borderline personality disorder

Thyroid hormones and adult interpersonal violence among women with borderline personality disorder

  Cave Sinai a,n, Tatja  Hirvikoski b, Anna-Lena  Nordström a, Peter Nordström a, Åsa Nilsonne a, Alexander Wilczek a, Marie Åsberg c, Jussi Jokinen a,d a Department of Clinical Neuroscience/Psychiatry, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden     b Department of Children’s and Women’s Health, Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at Karolinska Institutet (KIND), Gävlegatan 22B, 113  30  Stockholm, Sweden c Department of  Clinical  Sciences, Karolinska Institutet,  Danderyd Hospital,  Stockholm, Sweden d Department of  Clinical  Sciences/Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, …

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Borderline personality disorder and violence in the UK population: categorical and dimensional trait assessment

Borderline personality disorder and violence in the UK population: categorical and dimensional trait assessment

González et al. BMC Psychiatry  (2016) 16:180 DOI 10.1186/s12888-016-0885-7 Rafael A. González1,2, Artemis Igoumenou3*, Constantinos Kallis3 and Jeremy W. Coid3 * Correspondence: a.igoumenou@qmul.ac.uk 3Violence Prevention Research Unit, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © 2016 The Author(s). Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided…

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The role of self-concept and narcissism in aggression: Part 1

The role of self-concept and narcissism in aggression: Part 1

A Thesis Submitted to the College of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In the Department of Psychology University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon By TARAH LYNN HOOK Copyright Tarah Lynn Hook, May 2007. ALL rights reserved. PERMISSION TO USE In presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Postgraduate degree from the University of Saskatchewan, I agree that the Libraries of this University may make it freely…

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Illuminating the Relationship Between Personality Disorder and Violence: Contributions of the General Aggression Model

Illuminating the Relationship Between Personality Disorder and Violence: Contributions of the General Aggression Model

  Psychology of Violence © 2011 American Psychological  Association 2011, Vol. 1, No. 3,  230 –244  2152-0828/11/$12.00    DOI: 10.1037/a0024089 Flora Gilbert This article was published Online First May 23,   2011. Flora Gilbert, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University; Michael Daffern, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University; Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health; Peaks Aca- demic and Research Unit, Rampton  Hospital. Correspondence concerning this article should be ad- dressed…

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Borderline Personality and Externalized Aggression

Borderline Personality and Externalized Aggression

Randy A. Sansone, MD and Lori A. Sansone, MD Author information ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Individuals with borderline personality disorder are diagnostically and clinically characterized by self-harm behavior, as indicated by the criterion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision, “recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior.” However, individuals with borderline personality disorder can display externalized aggressive behavior, as…

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The role of impulsivity in antisocial and violent behaviour and personality disorders among incarcerated women.

The role of impulsivity in antisocial and violent behaviour and personality disorders among incarcerated women.

  IRINA KOMAROVSKAYA ANN BOOKER LOPER JANET WARREN University of Virginia This study investigated the relationships among impulsivity, antisocial and violent behavior, and personality disorders in 590 female inmates of a maximum-security female prison. Measures included the Barratt Impulsivity Scale, Prison Violence Inventory, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders Screening Questionnaire, numbers of institutional infractions recorded in inmate files, and violent versus nonviolent offending. Results showed that impulsivity was associated with personality psychopathology and aggressive and antisocial behavior. In…

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