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Neuroimaging and genetics of borderline personality disorder: a review

Neuroimaging and genetics of borderline personality disorder: a review

J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2007 May; 32(3): 162–173. PMCID: PMC1863557 PMID: 17476363 Eric Lis, Brian Greenfield, Melissa Henry, Jean Marc Guilé, and Geoffrey Dougherty Author information Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a highly prevalent psychiatric disorder that carries a severe risk factor for adolescent and young adult suicide. Relatively little research has examined its biological etiology. Differences in the volume and activity in brain structures…

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Psychopharmacologic treatment of borderline personality disorder

Psychopharmacologic treatment of borderline personality disorder

Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2013 Jun; 15(2): 213–224. PMCID: PMC3811092 PMID: 24174895 Luis H. Ripoll, MD* Author information Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract The best available evidence for psychopharmacologic treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is outlined here. BPD is defined by disturbances in identity and interpersonal functioning, and patients report potential medication treatment targets such as impulsivity, aggression, transient psychotic and dissociative symptoms, and refractory affective instability Few randomized…

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The Relationship between Personality Disorders and the Type of Crime Committed and Substance Used among Prisoners

The Relationship between Personality Disorders and the Type of Crime Committed and Substance Used among Prisoners

Addict Health. 2017 Apr; 9(2): 64–71. PMCID: PMC5742412 PMID: 29299208 Shahin Fakhrzadegan, MSc,1 Hossein Gholami-Doon, PhD,2 Bagher Shamloo, PhD,3 and Solmaz Shokouhi-Moqhaddam, MSc4 Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer Abstract Background Prisoners are a vulnerable group within societies, and also threaten society due to their dangerous behavior. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between prisoners’ personality disorders and their crime and substance use. Methods This was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population…

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Choice, deliberation, violence: Mental capacity and criminal responsibility in personality disorder

Choice, deliberation, violence: Mental capacity and criminal responsibility in personality disorder

Image: Jodi Arias   Author: Hanna Pickard   Abstract Personality disorder is associated with self-harm and suicide, as well as criminal offending and violence towards others. These behaviours overlap when the means chosen to self-harm or attempt suicide put others at risk. In such circumstances, an individual’s mental state at one and the same time may be deemed to meet the conditions for criminal responsibility, and to warrant involuntary hospital admission. I explore this tension in how people with personality…

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The Talking Cure of Avoidant Personality Disorder: Remission through Earned-Secure Attachment

The Talking Cure of Avoidant Personality Disorder: Remission through Earned-Secure Attachment

HighlightFull Access Jeffrey Guina , M.D. Published Online:30 Apr 2018 https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2016.70.3.233 Abstract The concept of earned security is important and has significant implications for psychotherapy. Understanding how individuals with insecure attachment styles can develop secure attachment styles through reparative relationships, such as the therapeutic relationship, can assist psychotherapists in helping patients to overcome the effects of early negative life experiences. Personality disorders are commonly associated with negative experiences, such as abuse, neglect, and other empathic failures. These disorders are particularly…

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The Role of Oxytocin in Antisocial Personality Disorders: A Systematic Review of the Literature

The Role of Oxytocin in Antisocial Personality Disorders: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Front Psychiatry. 2019; 10: 76. Published online 2019 Feb 27. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00076 PMCID: PMC6400857 PMID: 30873049 Trevor Gedeon,1 Joanne Parry,2 and Birgit Völlm3,* Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer Associated Data Supplementary Materials Abstract Background and aims: Antisocial personality disorder is an enduring mental disorder associated with significant disease burden and treatment difficulties. This is apparent within forensic populations. There is growing evidence to suggest that treatment with oxytocin could have some benefit in treating a range of…

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Co-occurrence of avoidant personality disorder and child sexual abuse predicts poor outcome in longstanding eating disorder

Co-occurrence of avoidant personality disorder and child sexual abuse predicts poor outcome in longstanding eating disorder

KariAnne R. Vrabel, Asle Hoffart, Øyvind Rø: Modum Bad, Research Institute, Vikersund, Norway Egil W. Martinsen: Clinic for Mental Health, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway and Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Norway Jan H. Rosenvinge: Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø, Norway.   This research was supported by Norwegian Women’s Public Health Association and the Legacy of Haldis and Josef Andresen. Correspondence should be addressed to KariAnne R. Vrabel, Research Institute Modum Bad, N- 3370 Vikersund, Norway, Phone: +47…

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Co-Occurring Antisocial and Borderline Personality Disorders: A Single Syndrome?

Co-Occurring Antisocial and Borderline Personality Disorders: A Single Syndrome?

Review Article   Richard C. Howard* Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, UK *Corresponding author Richard C. Howard, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nerobergstrasse 22, Wiesbaden, Germany, Tel: 49 611 527264; Email: richard   Submitted: 04 October 2017 Accepted: 16 November 2017 Published: 18 November 2017 Copyright © 2017 Howard ISSN: 2374-0124   Abstract It has been proposed that antisocial/borderline personality disorder (PD) might, for the purposes of classification, etiology and treatment, be considered as a single…

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Attachment Studies with Borderline Patients: A Review

Attachment Studies with Borderline Patients: A Review

Harv Rev Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2007 Apr 26. Published in final edited form as: Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2004; 12(2): 94–104. doi:  [10.1080/10673220490447218] PMCID: PMC1857277 NIHMSID: NIHMS13966 PMID: 15204804 Hans R. Agrawal, MD, John Gunderson, MD, Bjarne M. Holmes, PhD, and Karlen Lyons-Ruth, PhD Author information Copyright and License information Disclaimer See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Abstract Clinical theorists have suggested that disturbed attachments are central to borderline personality disorder (BPD) psychopathology. This…

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Historical roots of histrionic personality disorder

Historical roots of histrionic personality disorder

Front Psychol. 2015; 6: 1463. Published online 2015 Sep 25. doi:  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01463 PMCID: PMC4585318 PMID: 26441812 Filipa Novais,1,* Andreia Araújo,2 and Paula Godinho1 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Disclaimer Abstract Histrionic Personality Disorder is one of the most ambiguous diagnostic categories in psychiatry. Hysteria is a classical term that includes a wide variety of psychopathological states. Ancient Egyptians and Greeks blamed a displaced womb, for many women’s afflictions. Several researchers from the 18th and…

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