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Personality disorders and disorders of adult behavior

Section edited by Wei Wang

This section covers a broad range of personality disorders and topics of interest include, but are not limited to, psychological assessment, associations among social roles, personality, and physical and mental health, and cognitive functions.

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  1. Symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) were previously found to be associated with decreased work performance, even after controlling for depressive and anxiety disorders. Furthermore, co-occurrence...

    Authors: Trees T. Juurlink, Femke Lamers, Hein J. F. van Marle, Johannes R. Anema and Aartjan T. F. Beekman

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:414

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  3. Comorbidity between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is high. There is growing motivation among clinicians to offer PTSD treatments – such as Eye Movement Desensit...

    Authors: Aishah Snoek, Aartjan T. F. Beekman, Jack Dekker, Inga Aarts, Gerard van Grootheest, Matthijs Blankers, Chris Vriend, Odile van den Heuvel and Kathleen Thomaes

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:396

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  4. Dysfunction in brain network dynamics has been found to correlate with many psychiatric disorders. However, there is limited research regarding resting electroencephalogram (EEG) brain network and its associat...

    Authors: Tianzhen Chen, Hang Su, Na Zhong, Haoye Tan, Xiaotong Li, Yiran Meng, Chunmei Duan, Congbin Zhang, Juwang Bao, Ding Xu, Weidong Song, Jixue Zou, Tao Liu, Qingqing Zhan, Haifeng Jiang and Min Zhao

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:334

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  5. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is caused by a variety of biological and environmental factors. Accumulating evidence suggests that childhood maltreatment is a risk environmental factor in the developmen...

    Authors: Min Zhang, Na Liu, Haocheng Chen and Ning Zhang

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:332

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  7. Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) experience significant affect regulation difficulties that cause serious consequences in their work, emotional, and social environments. This dysfunctional p...

    Authors: Isabel Fernández-Felipe, Verónica Guillén, Helio Marco, Amanda Díaz-García, Cristina Botella, Mercedes Jorquera, Rosa Baños and Azucena García-Palacios

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:302

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  8. Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often demonstrate sensory processing difficulties in the form of altered sensory modulation, which may contribute to their symptomatology. Our obje...

    Authors: Szilvia Papp, László Tombor, Brigitta Kakuszi, Lívia Balogh, János M. Réthelyi, István Bitter and Pál Czobor

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:292

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  9. This naturalistic study examined the outcomes of Short-Term Schema Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in groups with personality disorders, and with high and low severity of depressive symptoms.

    Authors: David Koppers, Henricus Van, Jaap Peen, Jet Alberts and Jack Dekker

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:271

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  10. The study examines the psychometric properties of the French version of the McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD) created by M. Zanarini to screen borderline personality dis...

    Authors: Bojan Mirkovic, Mario Speranza, Lionel Cailhol, Julien-Daniel Guelfi, Fernando Perez-Diaz, Maurice Corcos, Marion Robin and Alexandra Pham-Scottez

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:222

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  11. The Feeling Word Checklist (FWC) is a self-report questionnaire designed to assess therapists’ countertransference (CT) feelings. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a b...

    Authors: R. Breivik, T. Wilberg, J. Evensen, J. I. Røssberg, H. S. J. Dahl and G. Pedersen

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:141

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  13. The Dissociative Experiences Scale-II (DES-II) is a self-report questionnaire that measures dissociative experiences such as derealization, depersonalization, absorption and amnesia. The DES-II has been preval...

    Authors: Aristide Saggino, Giorgia Molinengo, Guyonne Rogier, Carlo Garofalo, Barbara Loera, Marco Tommasi and Patrizia Velotti

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:8

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  14. The purpose of this study was to assess the pharmacological treatment strategies of inpatients with borderline personality disorder between 2008 and 2012. Additionally, we compared pharmacotherapy during this ...

    Authors: Charles Timäus, Miriam Meiser, Borwin Bandelow, Kirsten R. Engel, Anne M. Paschke, Jens Wiltfang and Dirk Wedekind

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:393

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  15. In Oman, anecdotal and impressionistic observation have helped parse and categorize various manifestations of spirit possession into two broad and distinct categories: intermittent dissociative phenomenon and ...

    Authors: Samir Al-Adawi, Yahya Al-Kalbani, Sathiya Murthi Panchatcharam, Matlooba Ayoub Al-Zadjali, Sara S. Al-Adawi, Musthafa M. Essa and M. Walid Qoronfleh

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:379

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  16. Although there is growing evidence that stepped models of care are useful for providing appropriate, person centered care, there are very few studies applied to personality disorders. A brief, four session, ps...

    Authors: Elizabeth Huxley, Kate L. Lewis, Adam D. Coates, Wayne M. Borg, Caitlin E. Miller, Michelle L. Townsend and Brin F. S. Grenyer

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:341

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  17. Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) has never been applied in Chinese clinical practice, and the distribution of NPD in the clinical population of China is largely unknown. The current study uses two-stage...

    Authors: XueFeng Jiang, JunJie Wang, Wei Sun, LiHua Xu, XiaoChen Tang, HuiRu Cui, YanYan Wei, Li Hui, Yi Qiao, JiJun Wang and TianHong Zhang

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:212

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  18. In this correspondence we correct some misleading information about mentalization-based treatment in Oslo, Norway.

    Authors: Sigmund Karterud and Elfrida Hartveit Kvarstein

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:208

    Content type: Correspondence

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    The original article was published in BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:185

  19. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex and debilitating disorder, characterized by deficits in metacognition and emotion dysregulation. The “gold standard” treatment for this disorder is psychother...

    Authors: Laura Rosa Magni, Antonino Carcione, Clarissa Ferrari, Antonio Semerari, Ilaria Riccardi, Giuseppe Nicolo’, Mariangela Lanfredi, Laura Pedrini, Maria Cotelli, Luisella Bocchio, Michela Pievani, Roberto Gasparotti and Roberta Rossi

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:195

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  20. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a relatively common and disabling psychiatric disorder whose pathophysiology is incompletely understood. In this study, we utilized magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) ...

    Authors: Yan Li, Chen Cheng Zhang, Kathrin Weidacker, Yingying Zhang, Naying He, Haiyan Jin, Weibo Chen, Valerie Voon, Richard A. E. Edden and Fuhua Yan

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:164

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  21. The main objectives of the mobile Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) in the Netherlands are to assess the presence of a mental disorder, to estimate risk to self or others, and to initiate continuity of care...

    Authors: Mark Van Veen, André I. Wierdsma, Christine van Boeijen, Jack Dekker, Jeroen Zoeteman, Bauke Koekkoek and Cornelis L. Mulder

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:157

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  22. Adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a serious and frequent psychiatric disorder of multifactorial pathogenesis. Several lines of evidence support the idea that ADHD is, in its core, a diso...

    Authors: Peter Sörös, Eliza Hoxhaj, Patricia Borel, Chiharu Sadohara, Bernd Feige, Swantje Matthies, Helge H. O. Müller, Katharina Bachmann, Marcel Schulze and Alexandra Philipsen

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:43

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  23. Early exposure to trauma is a known risk factor for personality disorder (PD), but evidence for late-onset personality pathology following trauma in adults is much less clear. We set out to investigate whether...

    Authors: Jasna Munjiza, Dolores Britvic and Mike J. Crawford

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:3

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  25. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a severe mental illness that is associated with low quality of life, low psychosocial functioning, and high societal costs. Treatments for BPD have improved in the last...

    Authors: Eva Fassbinder, Nele Assmann, Anja Schaich, Kristin Heinecke, Till Wagner, Valerija Sipos, Kamila Jauch-Chara, Michael Hüppe, Arnoud Arntz and Ulrich Schweiger

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:341

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  26. The Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders as well as the upcoming IDC-11 have established a new focus on diagnosing personality disorders (PD): personality functioning. An impairment of self and in...

    Authors: Stephan Doering, Victor Blüml, Karoline Parth, Karin Feichtinger, Maria Gruber, Martin Aigner, Hemma Rössler-Schülein, Marion Freidl and Antonia Wininger

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:294

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  27. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with an intensive use of mental health services, even in the absence of a full diagnosis. Early symptom detection and intervention may help alleviate adverse...

    Authors: Silvia Hurtado-Santiago, José Guzmán-Parra, Rosa M. Bersabé and Fermín Mayoral

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:277

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  28. Emerging evidence suggests a possible etiologic role of certain personality traits (not necessary dysfunctional) in the risk of depression, but the longitudinal long-term available evidence is currently scarce...

    Authors: Francisca Lahortiga-Ramos, Cristian Raquel Unzueta, Itziar Zazpe, Susana Santiago, Patricio Molero, Almudena Sánchez-Villegas and Miguel Ángel Martínez-González

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:241

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  29. Although Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based psychosocial treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD), the demand for it exceeds available resources. The commonly researched 12-mon...

    Authors: Shelley F. McMain, Alexander L. Chapman, Janice R. Kuo, Tim Guimond, David L. Streiner, Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai and Jeffrey S. Hoch

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:230

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  30. The effects of the seaweed extract were evaluated on the animal model equivalent of depression compared with a control group treated with the carrier (spring water) and a reference group treated with Imipramin...

    Authors: François-André Allaert, Hervé Demais and Pi Nyvall Collén

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:215

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  31. This study aims to elucidate the interplay between borderline personality symptoms and working conditions as a pathway for impaired work performance among workers in the general population.

    Authors: Trees T. Juurlink, Margreet ten Have, Femke Lamers, Hein J. F. van Marle, Johannes R. Anema, Ron de Graaf and Aartjan T. F. Beekman

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:202

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  32. Research is scarce on how mothers’ symptoms of personality disorders are linked to the mother-toddler relationship. In this study we have explored the extent to which these symptoms are associated with mutual ...

    Authors: Magnhild Singstad Høivik, Stian Lydersen, Ingunn Ranøyen and Turid Suzanne Berg-Nielsen

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:198

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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:387

  33. Mentalisation-based treatment (MBT) in borderline personality disorder (BPD) has a growing evidence base, but there is a lack of effectiveness and moderator studies. The present study examined the effectivenes...

    Authors: J. Löf, D. Clinton, V. Kaldo and G. Rydén

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:185

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    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:208

  34. Agitation is a common manifestation of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia which includes symptoms ranging from inner tension and unease to violence and aggression. Much of the existing literature has focused o...

    Authors: Jenna Roberts, Alfredo Gracia Canales, Sophee Blanthorn-Hazell, Anca Craciun Boldeanu and Davneet Judge

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:104

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  35. In the Republic of Ireland, borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a feature of approximately 11–20% of clinical presentations to outpatient clinics within mental health services. These estimates are similar...

    Authors: Daniel Flynn, Mary Kells, Mary Joyce, Catalina Suarez and Conall Gillespie

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:51

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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:123

  36. Evidence suggests that nearly half of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) do not achieve an adequate response to antidepressant treatments (ADTs), which impacts patients’ functioning, quality of life...

    Authors: Rajnish Mago, Andrea Fagiolini, Emmanuelle Weiller and Catherine Weiss

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:33

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  37. Alexithymia is characterised by difficulties identifying and describing emotions. Few studies have investigated how alexithymia influences decision-making under different conditions (ambiguity and risk). This ...

    Authors: Lei Zhang, Xue Wang, Yu Zhu, Hongchen Li, Chunyan Zhu, Fengqiong Yu and Kai Wang

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:378

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  38. Smartphones are becoming increasingly indispensable in everyday life for most undergraduates in China, and this has been associated with problematic use or addiction. The aim of the current study was to invest...

    Authors: Baifeng Chen, Fei Liu, Shushu Ding, Xia Ying, Lele Wang and Yufeng Wen

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:341

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  39. Current guidelines recommend referral to highly specialized care for patients with severe personality disorders. However, criteria for allocation to highly specialized care are not clearly defined. The aim of ...

    Authors: M. Goorden, E. M. C. Willemsen, C. A. M. Bouwmans-Frijters, J. J. V. Busschbach, M. J. Noomx, C. M. van der Feltz-Cornelis, C. A. Uyl-de Groot and L. Hakkaart-van Roijen

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:317

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  40. Prison is an extremely stressful environment and prisoners have an increasing risk of suffering from alexithymia. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of alexithymia amo...

    Authors: Li Chen, Linna Xu, Weimin You, Xiaoyan Zhang and Nanpeng Ling

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:287

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  41. Understandings of personal recovery have emerged as an alternative framework to traditional ideas of clinical progression, or symptom remission, in clinical practice. Most research in this field has focussed o...

    Authors: Andrew Shepherd, Caroline Sanders and Jenny Shaw

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:282

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  42. Impulsivity is involved in numerous psychiatric and addictive disorders, as well as in risky behaviors. The UPPS-P scale highlights five complementary impulsivity constructs (i.e., positive urgency, negative u...

    Authors: Ghada Bteich, Djamal Berbiche and Yasser Khazaal

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:244

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  43. The overall aim of this study is to present descriptive data regarding the treated prevalence of nine common psychiatric and substance use disorders in the first Primary Care Registry (PCR) in Sweden: Major De...

    Authors: Jan Sundquist, Henrik Ohlsson, Kristina Sundquist and Kenneth S. Kendler

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:235

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  44. According to several studies, the onset of the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) depends on the combination between genetic and environmental factors (GxE), in particular between biological vulnerabilities...

    Authors: Nadia Cattane, Roberta Rossi, Mariangela Lanfredi and Annamaria Cattaneo

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:221

    Content type: Debate

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  45. Patients with personality disorders commonly exhibit impairment in psychosocial function that persists over time even with diagnostic remission. Further causal knowledge may help to identify and assess factors...

    Authors: Ole Klungsøyr, Bjørnar Antonsen and Theresa Wilberg

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:210

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  46. Trauma-related disorders and personality disorders are prevalent in survivors of chronic childhood trauma and neglect. Both conditions have serious consequences for patients, their families, society and public...

    Authors: Sanne Swart, Marleen Wildschut, Nel Draijer, Willemien Langeland and Jan H. Smit

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:173

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  48. Schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) is linked to schizophrenia in terms of shared genetics, biological markers and phenomenological characteristics. In the current study, we aimed to determine whether the p...

    Authors: Yikang Zhu, Yunxiang Tang, Tianhong Zhang, Hui Li, Yingying Tang, Chunbo Li, Xingguang Luo, Yongguang He, Zheng Lu and Jijun Wang

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:48

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  49. Current categorical classification of personality disorders has been criticized for overlooking the dimensional nature of personality and that it may miss some sub-threshold personality disturbances of clinica...

    Authors: Max Karukivi, Tero Vahlberg, Kalle Horjamo, Minna Nevalainen and Jyrki Korkeila

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:16

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  50. People in treatment for substance use disorder commonly have comorbid personality disorders, including antisocial personality disorder. Little is known about treatments that specifically address comorbid antis...

    Authors: Birgitte Thylstrup, Sidsel Schrøder, Mats Fridell and Morten Hesse

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:7

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