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Month: January 2017

Impact of Borderline Personality Disorder on Bulimia Nervosa – Jan 01, 2008

Impact of Borderline Personality Disorder on Bulimia Nervosa – Jan 01, 2008

Impact of Borderline Personality Disorder on Bulimia Nervosa   Sarah L. Rowe, Jennifer Jordan, Virginia V. W. McIntosh, Frances A. Carter, Cynthia M. Bulik, Peter R. Joyce First Published January 1, 2008 research-article Abstract Objective: The primary aim of the present study was to examine whether the presence of borderline personality disorder (BPD) adversely impacted on outcome 3 years after treatment among women with bulimia nervosa (BN), in comparison to those women with either other personality disorders (other PD) or…

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Domestic Violence Against Men

Domestic Violence Against Men

A Repost of this article, written in the USA. Domestic violence against men by women is not well recognized but is another of the several types of domestic violence commonly found in our society. Although most domestic abuse cases that are reported are of abuse against women, men in this country are also abuse victims. Typically, people only think of abusers as men. 40% of all intimate partner abuse cases involve domestic violence against men according to some studies. Surprising,…

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How to Manage an Employee with Borderline Personality Disorder – Borderline Personality Treatment | Borderline Personality Treatment

How to Manage an Employee with Borderline Personality Disorder – Borderline Personality Treatment | Borderline Personality Treatment

  Employers are often at a loss with how to deal with an employee who is diagnosed with the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) that is prevalent in an estimated 10 million Americans. Many employers and co-workers are not prepared to handle someone who displays the symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder. But a workplace environment can actually provide someone with BPD a degree of much-needed stability in their lives. BPD Symptoms that Effect the Workplace An employee with Borderline Personality Disorder…

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An Integrative Perspective on Psychotherapeutic Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder

An Integrative Perspective on Psychotherapeutic Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder

Erik R. de Groot, Roel Verheul, R. Wim Trijsburg†1 Scriptie Programmagroep Klinische Psychologie Universiteit van Amsterdam 2008 1 The authors would like to thank Dawn Bales, Lorna Smith Benjamin, Dawn Bennett, Wies van den Bosch, Willem Heuves, John Livesley, Anthony Ryle, and Anoek Weertman for their comments on an earlier draft of this article.   Abstract Although there is an abundance of literature on the psychotherapeutic treatment of borderline pathology, little is known about differences and similarities between treatments of…

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Antisocial personality disorder as a predictor of criminal behaviour in a longitudinal study of a cohort of abusers of several classes of drugs: Relation to type of substance and type of crime

Antisocial personality disorder as a predictor of criminal behaviour in a longitudinal study of a cohort of abusers of several classes of drugs: Relation to type of substance and type of crime

    Antisocial personality disorder as a predictor of criminal behaviour in a longitudinal study of a cohort of abusers of several classes of drugs: Relation to type of substance and type of  crime Mats Fridell a, Morten Hesse b,⁎, Mads Meier Jæger c, Eckart Kühlhorn  d a Department of Psychology, Lund University, Sweden b Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University,  Denmark c The Danish National Institute of Social Research,  Denmark d SoRAD, Stockholm University, Sweden Abstract Mixed…

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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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Not a Label. More than a Diagnosis. Borderline Personality Disorder: Exploring the Lived Experiences of ACT Women and Service Providers Research Report

Not a Label. More than a Diagnosis. Borderline Personality Disorder: Exploring the Lived Experiences of ACT Women and Service Providers Research Report

  A body of work which would be fair to describe as epic. A very long and very valuable read, a single document which discusses so much regarding Borderline Personality Disorder. A single document which will improve one’s understanding of the disorder, and many of the issues surrounding it, the people who treat it, those who suffer from it and those who may be affected by the behaviour  of those who suffer from it.   Bess Harrison, Jane Yang June…

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Exposure to Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Borderline Personality Pathology among Adolescents in Residential Psychiatric Treatment: The Influence of Emotion Dysregulation

Exposure to Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Borderline Personality Pathology among Adolescents in Residential Psychiatric Treatment: The Influence of Emotion Dysregulation

Kelly E. Buckholdt, Ph.D.,1,2 Nicole H. Weiss, Ph.D.,3 John Young, Ph.D.,4 and Kim L. Gratz, Ph.D.1 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Child Psychiatry Hum Dev Abstract Exposure to violence during adolescence is a highly prevalent phenomenon associated with a range of deleterious outcomes. Theoretical literature suggests that emotion dysregulation is one consequence of exposure to violence associated with the manifestation of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and…

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Personality disorders: borderline and antisocial NICE quality standard 88

Personality disorders: borderline and antisocial NICE quality standard 88

    Issued: June 2015 NICE quality standard 88 guidance.nice.org.uk/qs88 © NICE 2015 Personality disorders: borderline and antisocial NICE quality standard 88 Introduction This quality standard covers treatment and management of borderline and antisocial personality disorders. For borderline personality disorder, this quality standard applies to adults aged 18 and over and young people post puberty. For antisocial personality disorder, this quality standard applies only to adults aged 18 and over. NICE quality standard 59 covers antisocial behaviour and conduct disorder…

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