Borderline Personality Disorder - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Recent advances in the biological study of personality disorders.

30 Aug 2008 While it is premature to provide a simple model for the vulnerability to the development of either borderline (BPD) or schizotypal (SPD) personality disorder, it is clear that these heritable disorders lend themselves to fruitful neurobiological ... Read more...

Child development and personality disorder.

30 Aug 2008 The evidence is surprisingly strong that even early adolescent personality disorders or elevated personality disorder symptoms have a broad range of negative effects well into adulthood, for the most part comparable to or even larger than those of ... Read more...

Reasons for change in borderline personality disorder (and other axis II disorders).

30 Aug 2008 Borderline personality disorder is a slow-moving disorder. Most patients who have borderline personality disorder improve over time; however, the reasons for this change are unclear. Therapy as usual and the reparations that adult life offers can ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Borderline Personality Disorder'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Issues for DSM-V: suicidal behavior as a separate diagnosis on a separate axis. 30 Oct 2008
• Effectiveness of adjunctive STEPPS group treatment in borderline personality disorder patients. 29 Sep 2008
• Recent advances in the biological study of personality disorders. 30 Aug 2008
• Child development and personality disorder. 30 Aug 2008
• Reasons for change in borderline personality disorder (and other axis II disorders). 30 Aug 2008
• Clinical trials of treatment for personality disorders. 30 Aug 2008
• Assessment and emergency management of suicidality in personality disorders. 30 Aug 2008
• In this issue. 30 Aug 2008
• Countertransference in the therapy of suicidal patients - an important part of integrative treatment. 30 Aug 2008
• Psychology. Trust me on this. 6 Aug 2008
• The rupture and repair of cooperation in borderline personality disorder. 6 Aug 2008
• Mentalization: ontogeny, assessment, and application in the treatment of borderline personality disorder. 30 Jul 2008
• Refining the borderline personality disorder phenotype through finite mixture modeling: implications for classification. 30 Jul 2008
• An integrative perspective on psychotherapeutic treatments for borderline personality disorder. 30 Jul 2008
• Screening for borderline personality disorder in outpatient youth. 30 Jul 2008
• What is emptiness? Clarifying the 7th criterion for borderline personality disorder. 30 Jul 2008
• Age-related differences in individual DSM criteria for borderline personality disorder. 30 Jul 2008
• Affective instability: measuring a core feature of borderline personality disorder with ecological momentary assessment. 30 Jul 2008
• Taxometric analyses of borderline personality features in a large-scale male and female offender sample. 30 Jul 2008
• Subject and interviewer determinants of the adequacy of the dynamic interview. 30 Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Borderline Personality Disorder'

Definition: A personality disorder marked by a pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (DSM-IV)

Descriptor UI: D001883

Alternative terms: Borderline Personality Disorder; Disorder, Borderline Personality; Borderline Personality Disorders; Disorders, Borderline Personality; Personality Disorders, Borderline; Personality Disorder, Borderline;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.675.100;

History Note: 90(81); was see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1981-89

Technical Notes: "borderline" is a psychiatric diag: follow text