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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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Narcissism but Not Criminality Is Associated With Aggression in Women: A Study Among Female Prisoners and Women Without a Criminal Record

Narcissism but Not Criminality Is Associated With Aggression in Women: A Study Among Female Prisoners and Women Without a Criminal Record

Front Psychiatry. 2019; 10: 21. Published online 2019 Feb 1. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00021 PMCID: PMC6375288 PMID: 30792668 Georgia Kalemi, Ioannis Michopoulos, Vasiliki Efstathiou, Foteini Konstantopoulou, Domna Tsaklakidou, Rossetos Gournellis, and Athanassios Douzenis* Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer Abstract Aggression has drawn research attention during the past decades. It remains unclear how self-esteem, self-perception, narcissism and certain socio-demographic factors impact the course of aggression. Female aggression is considered to differ in its origins and is understudied. Only few studies…

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Borderline Personality Disorder and Self-Conscious Affect: Too Much Shame But Not Enough Guilt?

Borderline Personality Disorder and Self-Conscious Affect: Too Much Shame But Not Enough Guilt?

Personal Disord. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 Jul 1. Published in final edited form as: Personal Disord. 2016 Jul; 7(3): 303–308. Published online 2016 Feb 11. doi:  [10.1037/per0000176] PMCID: PMC4929016 NIHMSID: NIHMS751322 PMID: 26866901 Jessica R. Peters1 and Paul J. Geiger2 Author information Copyright and License information Disclaimer The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Personal Disord See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Abstract Shame has emerged as a particularly relevant…

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Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms and Aggression: A Within-Person Process Model

Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms and Aggression: A Within-Person Process Model

J Abnorm Psychol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2018 May 1. Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Psychol. 2017 May; 126(4): 429–440. Published online 2017 Apr 6. doi:  [10.1037/abn0000272] PMCID: PMC5480678 NIHMSID: NIHMS861515 PMID: 28383936 Lori N. Scott,a Aidan G. C. Wright,b Joseph E. Beeney,a Sophie A. Lazarus,a Paul A. Pilkonis,a and Stephanie D. Steppa Author information Copyright and License information Disclaimer The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at J Abnorm Psychol See other…

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Rejection sensitivity and symptom severity in patients with borderline personality disorder: effects of childhood maltreatment and self-esteem

Rejection sensitivity and symptom severity in patients with borderline personality disorder: effects of childhood maltreatment and self-esteem

Borderline Personal Disord Emot Dysregul. 2015; 2: 4. Published online 2015 Mar 20. doi:  [10.1186/s40479-015-0025-x] PMCID: PMC4579499 PMID: 26401307 Melanie Bungert,# Lisa Liebke,# Janine Thome, Katrin Haeussler, Martin Bohus, and Stefanie Lis Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Background Interpersonal dysfunction in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized by an ‘anxious preoccupation with real or imagined abandonment’ (DSM-5). This symptom description bears a close resemblance to…

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Borderline Personality Disorder and Self-Conscious Affect: Too Much Shame But Not Enough Guilt?

Borderline Personality Disorder and Self-Conscious Affect: Too Much Shame But Not Enough Guilt?

Jessica R. Peters1 and Paul J. Geiger2 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► Disclaimer The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Personal Disord See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Abstract Shame has emerged as a particularly relevant emotion to the maintenance and exacerbation of borderline personality disorder (BPD) features; however, little attention has been paid to the potentially differing effects of other forms of self-conscious affect. While guilt has been…

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The role of Impulsivity in Antisocial and violent behavior and personality disorders among incarcerated women

The role of Impulsivity in Antisocial and violent behavior 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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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 Monash University Michael Daffern Monash University, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, and Rampton Hospital   Introduction Although a consensus exists among mental health professionals that certain personality disorders are associated with an increased propensity for violence, uncertainties regarding the nature and extent of this relationship persist. Previous approaches to studying the personality disorder-violence relationship are also hampered by…

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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

BMC Psychiatry. 2016; 16: 180. Published online 2016 Jun 3. doi:  10.1186/s12888-016-0885-7 PMCID: PMC4891918 Rafael A. González, Artemis Igoumenou, Constantinos Kallis, and Jeremy W. Coid Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Background Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterised by difficulties with impulse control and affective dysregulation. It is unclear whether BPD contributes to the perpetration of violence or whether this is explained by comorbidity….

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Antisocial Personality Disorders

Antisocial Personality Disorders

  Glenn, A.L. & Raine, A. (2011). Antisocial Personality Disorders. In J. Decety & J. Cacioppo (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Social Neuroscience (pp. 885-894). New York: Oxford University Press.     Antisocial Personality Disorders Andrea L. Glenn1  & Adrian Raine2 1Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3720 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States 2Departments of Criminology, Psychiatry, and Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3720 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States   Abstract Neuroscience research is beginning to uncover…

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