Impulsive and premeditated aggression in male offenders with antisocial personality disorder

Impulsive and premeditated aggression in male offenders with antisocial personality disorder

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Jacinto Azevedo , Maria Vieira-Coelho, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Rui Coelho, Margarida Figueiredo-Braga Published: March 6, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229876 Abstract Introduction Aggression is a clinical symptom of various psychiatric disorders that can be conceptualised as a physical act towards another person with the intent to cause harm. In antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), aggression is a frequent manifestation that differently compromise therapeutic and prognostic goals according to its impulsive or premeditated categorisation. ASPD is characterised by high levels of…

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Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder and Parkinson’s Disease

Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder and Parkinson’s Disease

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Alessandra Nicoletti , Antonina Luca , Loredana Raciti, Donatella Contrafatto, Elisa Bruno, Valeria Dibilio, Giorgia Sciacca, Giovanni Mostile, Antonio Petralia, Mario Zappia Published: January 24, 2013 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054822   Abstract Objectives To evaluate the frequency of personality disorders in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients and in a group of healthy controls. Methods Patients affected by PD diagnosed according to the United Kingdom Parkinson’s disease Society Brain Bank diagnostic criteria and a group of healthy controls were enrolled…

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Self-selection biases in psychological studies: Personality and affective disorders are prevalent among participants

Self-selection biases in psychological studies: Personality and affective disorders are prevalent among participants

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Self-selection biases in psychological studies: Personality and affective disorders are prevalent among participants Izabela Kaźmierczak , Anna Zajenkowska , Radosław Rogoza, Peter K. Jonason, Dawid Ścigała Published: March 8, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281046 Abstract Respondents select the type of psychological studies that they want to participate in consistence with their needs and individual characteristics, which creates an unintentional self-selection bias. The question remains whether participants attracted by psychological studies may have more psychological dysfunctions related to personality…

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Sex differences in borderline personality disorder: A scoping review

Sex differences in borderline personality disorder: A scoping review

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Xinyu Qian, Michelle L. Townsend, Wan Jie Tan, Brin F. S. Grenyer Published: December 30, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279015 Abstract Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is often perceived to be a female-predominant disorder in both research and clinical contexts. Although there is growing recognition of possible sex differences, the current literature remains fragmented and inconclusive. This scoping review aimed to synthesize available research evidence on potential sex differences in BPD. PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus and Web-of-Science were searched from…

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Alexithymia and the Processing of Emotional Facial Expressions (EFEs): Systematic Review, Unanswered Questions and Further Perspectives

Alexithymia and the Processing of Emotional Facial Expressions (EFEs): Systematic Review, Unanswered Questions and Further Perspectives

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Delphine Grynberg , Betty Chang, Olivier Corneille, Pierre Maurage, Nicolas Vermeulen, Sylvie Berthoz , Olivier Luminet Published: August 23, 2012 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042429   Abstract Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties in identifying, differentiating and describing feelings. A high prevalence of alexithymia has often been observed in clinical disorders characterized by low social functioning. This review aims to assess the association between alexithymia and the ability to decode emotional facial expressions (EFEs) within clinical and healthy populations. More…

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Abnormalities in Automatic Processing of Illness-Related Stimuli in Self-Rated Alexithymia

Abnormalities in Automatic Processing of Illness-Related Stimuli in Self-Rated Alexithymia

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Laura Brandt , Nina M. Pintzinger, Ulrich S. Tran Published: June 19, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129905 Abstract Aim To investigate abnormalities in automatic information processing related to self- and observer-rated alexithymia, especially with regard to somatization, controlling for confounding variables such as depression and affect. Sample 89 healthy subjects (60% female), aged 19–71 years (M = 32.1). 58 subjects were additionally rated by an observer. Measures Alexithymia (self-rating: TAS-20, observer rating: OAS); automatic information processing (priming task…

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Dancing in a culture of disordered eating: A feminist poststructural analysis of body and body image among young girls in the world of dance

Dancing in a culture of disordered eating: A feminist poststructural analysis of body and body image among young girls in the world of dance

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Nicole Doria , Matthew Numer Published: January 12, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247651 Abstract Eating disorders among adolescent girls are a public health concern. Adolescent girls that participate in aesthetic sport, such as dance, are of particular concern as they experience the highest rates of clinical eating disorders. The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of young girls in the world of competitive dance and examine how these experiences shape their relationship with the body;…

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Avoidant Personality Disorder versus Social Phobia: The Significance of Childhood Neglect

Avoidant Personality Disorder versus Social Phobia: The Significance of Childhood Neglect

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Ingeborg Eikenaes , Jens Egeland , Benjamin Hummelen , Theresa Wilberg Published: March 27, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122846 Correction 15 May 2015: Eikenaes I, Egeland J, Hummelen B, Wilberg T (2015) Correction: Avoidant Personality Disorder versus Social Phobia: The Significance of Childhood Neglect. PLOS ONE 10(5): e0128737. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128737 View correction   Abstract Objectives Avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) and social phobia (SP) are common disorders both in the community and in clinical settings. Whether the two disorders represent different severity levels of…

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Antisocial personality co-morbid with borderline personality disorder: A pathological expression of androgyny?

Antisocial personality co-morbid with borderline personality disorder: A pathological expression of androgyny?

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Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI 10.1002/pmh.1279 Commentary RICHARD C. HOWARD, Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham, UK   Psychological androgyny The concept of psychological androgyny refers to the co-occurrence in the same individual, regardless of his or her biological sex, of a comparable degree of socially desirable masculine (‘instrumental’) and feminine (‘expressive’) qualities. It has attracted considerable attention from social, personality, and developmental psychologists since the early 1970s when Bem (1974) first formulated the idea that an individual’s…

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Increased Prefrontal Cortical Thickness Is Associated with Enhanced Abilities to Regulate Emotions in PTSD-Free Women with Borderline Personality Disorder

Increased Prefrontal Cortical Thickness Is Associated with Enhanced Abilities to Regulate Emotions in PTSD-Free Women with Borderline Personality Disorder

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Hannah Bruehl , Sandra Preißler, Isabella Heuser, Hauke R. Heekeren, Stefan Roepke , Isabel Dziobek Published: June 5, 2013 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065584 Abstract Previous studies suggest that amygdala, insula and prefrontal cortex (PFC) disintegrity play a crucial role in the failure to adequately regulate emotions in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). However, prior results are confounded by the high rate of comorbidity with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which itself has been associated with changes in frontolimbic circuitry. We…

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