Personality Disorders - Etiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Personality disorders: understanding and managing the difficult patient in neurology practice.

21 Jun 2009 This article provides a background for understanding and managing maladaptive personality traits and personality disorders in neurology practice. These characteristics are commonplace in neurology patients and may cause diagnostic confusion, ... Read more...

History of mild to moderate traumatic brain injury and aggression in physically healthy participants with and without personality disorder.

30 May 2009 We tested the hypothesis that history of mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with higher scores on psychometrically valid measures of aggression and impulsivity in both normal control (NC), and personality disordered (PD), ... Read more...

Comparison of personality traits in patients with frontal and temporal lobe epilepsies.

15 Apr 2009 The current study sought to characterize and compare personality traits of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE). Ninety-seven adults with medically intractable epilepsy (TLE n=58, FLE n=39) completed the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Personality Disorders - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Personality changes in temporal lobe epilepsy. 27 Jul 2009
• Personality disorders: understanding and managing the difficult patient in neurology practice. 21 Jun 2009
• History of mild to moderate traumatic brain injury and aggression in physically healthy participants with and without personality disorder. 30 May 2009
• Comparison of personality traits in patients with frontal and temporal lobe epilepsies. 15 Apr 2009
• Poststroke emotional and behavior impairment: a narrative review. Apr 2009
• Sensitivity of current criteria for the diagnosis of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia. 22 Feb 2009
• Hubris syndrome: an acquired personality disorder? A study of US Presidents and UK Prime Ministers over the last 100 years. 10 Feb 2009
• Child maltreatment and trajectories of personality and behavioral functioning: implications for the development of personality disorder. 30 Dec 2008
• Childhood antecedents of personality disorder: an alternative perspective. 30 Dec 2008
• [Personality disorder dimensions of MCMI-II in treated substance addicts] 30 Dec 2008
• Personality development in the context of intractable epilepsy. 30 Dec 2008
• Hepatic encephalopathy in end-stage liver disease #188. 29 Nov 2008
• A neo-Eysenckian personality psychology for the 21st century: conceptualization, etiology, structure, and clinical implications. Introduction to the special issue. 29 Nov 2008
• Orbitofrontal syndrome after a cerebral aneurysm operation. A case report. 30 Oct 2008
• Was Kate choleric? 29 Sep 2008
• The impact of lesions and epilepsy on personality and mood in patients with symptomatic epilepsy: a pre- to postoperative follow-up study. Sep 2008
• [Psychotherapeutic treatment concepts of personality disorders in patients with childhood traumatization] 30 Aug 2008
• Research trends and directions in the study of personality disorder. 30 Aug 2008
• Why are programmes for offenders with personality disorder not informed by the relevant scientific findings? 10 Aug 2008
• [Copper deficiency with SMON-like neurological symptoms and macrocytic anemia] 8 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Personality Disorders'

Definition: A major deviation from normal patterns of behavior.

Descriptor UI: D010554

Alternative terms: Personality Disorders; Personality Disorder; Avoidant Personality Disorder; Avoidant Personality Disorders; Personality Disorder, Avoidant; Personality Disorders, Avoidant; Inadequate Personality; Personality, Inadequate; Narcissistic Personality Disorder; Personality Disorder, Narcissistic; As If Personality; Personality, As If; Impulse-Ridden Personality; Impulse Ridden Personality; Personality, Impulse-Ridden;

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;

Online Note: use PERSONALITY DISORDERS to search AS IF PERSONALITY 1975-78 & IMPULSE-RIDDEN PERSONALITY & INADEQUATE PERSONALITY 1968-78

History Note: 68; AS IF PERSONALITY was see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1975-78; IMPULSE-RIDDEN PERSONALITY & INADEQUATE PERSONALITY were see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1968-78