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Inter-rater agreement of comorbid DSM-IV personality disorders in substance abusers | BMC Psychiatry | Full Text

Inter-rater agreement of comorbid DSM-IV personality disorders in substance abusers | BMC Psychiatry | Full Text

    Morten Hesse†Email author and Birgitte Thylstrup† †Contributed equally BMC Psychiatry20088:37 DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-37 ©  Hesse and Thylstrup; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2008 Received: 27 September 2007 Accepted: 17 May 2008 Published: 17 May 2008 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Little is known about the inter-rater agreement of personality disorders in clinical settings. Methods Clinicians rated 75 patients with substance use disorders on the DSM-IV criteria of personality disorders in random order, and on rating scales representing the severity of each. Results Convergent validity agreement was moderate (range…

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Personality Disorders: The Controllers, Abusers, Manipulators, and Users in Relationships

Personality Disorders: The Controllers, Abusers, Manipulators, and Users in Relationships

By Joseph M. Carver, Ph.D., Psychologist Who are these people? In romantic relationships they are controlling, abusive, manipulative partners who can ruin not only the relationship, but our self-esteem, finances, and reputation. As a parent, they can put the “D” in Dysfunctional Family and be the parent that abuses, neglects, ignores, or psychologically damages their children. As a friend they may be irresponsible, selfish, unreliable, dishonest, and often create significant problems in our life. As a neighbor, they spread rumors,…

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Ethical Considerations in Treatment of Personality Dysfunction: Using Evidence, Principles, and Clinical Judgment

Ethical Considerations in Treatment of Personality Dysfunction: Using Evidence, Principles, and Clinical Judgment

    Jeffrey  J. Magnavita Independent practice, Glastonbury, CT Kenneth  N. Levy Pennsylvania  State University       Kenneth  L. Critchfield University of Utah Neuropsychiatric  Institute Jay  L. Lebow The Family Institute at  Northwestern   JEFFREY J. MAGNAVITA received his PhD from the University of Con- necticut. He maintains an independent practice in Glastonbury, CT, and is an affiliate medical staff member at Hartford Hospital and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. His areas of professional interests include unified clinical science and…

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The Ethics of a Genetic Screening Study for Antisocial Personality Disorder With Mesoamericans

The Ethics of a Genetic Screening Study for Antisocial Personality Disorder With Mesoamericans

CASE STUDY   The Ethics of a Genetic Screening Study for Antisocial Personality Disorder With Mesoamericans Case Study in the Ethics of Mental Health Research Maria-Virginia Rodriguez, MD, FACS Hospital Nacional Rosales, San Salvador, El Salvador. Aspects of the research project described in this case study, including the precise condition under study, have been made anonymous to preserve the confiden- tiality of some of the people involved. Send reprint requests to Maria-Virginia Rodriguez MD, FACS, AP-01-546, San Salvador, El Salvador….

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Psychopathy and its relationship to criminal behaviour

Psychopathy and its relationship to criminal behaviour

  by Nikos Theodorakis Abstract The current paper traces the roots of the hotly debated concept of psychopathy and its relationship to criminal behavior. We begin with a short overview of the term followed by key contributions to the  term and its notion. Modern perceptions are then reviewed with particular emphasis on the Psychopathy Checklist and its revisions. We criticize the current tools used to measure psychopathy and recognize their limitations. We then combine psychopathy and criminality shedding light on…

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Mental Illness, Personality Disorder and Violence: A Scoping Review

Mental Illness, Personality Disorder and Violence: A Scoping Review

  January 2012   Authors University of Manchester   Vicky Short, Research Assistant Dr Charlotte Lennox, Research Associate Caroline Stevenson, Research Assistant Dr Jane Senior, OHRN Manager Professor Jenny Shaw, OHRN Academic Lead     Address for correspondence: Jane Senior Offender Health Research Network Jean MacFarlane Building (2nd Floor) University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL Email: Jane.Senior@manchester.ac.uk     Acknowledgements This report was funded by the Department of Health as part of the work programme of the Offender…

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BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND SELF-CONSCIOUS EMOTIONS IN RESPONSE TO ADULT UNWANTED SEXUAL EXPERIENCES

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND SELF-CONSCIOUS EMOTIONS IN RESPONSE TO ADULT UNWANTED SEXUAL EXPERIENCES

  Journal of Personality Disorders, 28, 2014,  138 © 2014 The Guilford  Press Michelle  Schoenleber,  PhD,  Kim  L.  Gratz,  PhD, Terri Messman-Moore, PhD, and David DiLillo, PhD This article was accepted under the editorship of Robert F. Krueger and John Livesley. From Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Cen- ter, Jackson, Mississippi (M. S., K. L. G.); Department of Psychology, Miami University, Ox- ford, Ohio (T. M.-M.); and Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska…

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Preventive Psychiatric Admission for Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Pilot Study

Preventive Psychiatric Admission for Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Pilot Study

  Bauke Koekkoek, RN, CNS, René van der Snoek, RN, CNS, Kees Oosterwijk, MD, and Berno van Meijel, RN, PhD   PURPOSE. The purpose of this study was to establish the preliminary effects of preventive psychiatric admission of patients with severe borderline personality disorder (BPD) on the rate of agreement over treatment, patient service use, and patient views on the intervention. DESIGN AND METHODS. A retrospective pre-post test design with quantitative measures and qualitative interviews was used. FINDINGS. Agreement over…

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