Personality Disorders
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Physical health correlates of pathological and healthy dependency in urban women.

29 Sep 2009 This study assessed the relationship between dependency and indicators of health/illness, healthcare costs, and utilization. Dependency ratings were obtained using the Relationship Profile Test (Bornstein and Languirand, 2003), a questionnaire that ... Read more...

Familial aggregation of suicide explained by cluster B traits: a three-group family study of suicide controlling for major depressive disorder.

13 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: There is substantial evidence suggesting that suicide aggregates in families. However, the extent of overlap between the liability to suicide and psychiatric disorders, particularly major depressive disorder, remains an important issue. ... Read more...

[Selected psychosocial and psychopathological factors determining criminal behaviours among professional and drafted military personnel--comparison analysis, years: 1990-2000]

30 Aug 2009 The structure of armed forces undergoes dynamic changes. The expectations regarding psychophysical performance of military personnel--both professional and drafted members are constantly rising. THE AIM OF THIS PAPER: To answer the question: which ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Personality Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Physical health correlates of pathological and healthy dependency in urban women. 29 Sep 2009
• In search of endophenotypes for suicidal behavior. 29 Sep 2009
• Familial aggregation of suicide explained by cluster B traits: a three-group family study of suicide controlling for major depressive disorder. 13 Sep 2009
• [Selected psychosocial and psychopathological factors determining criminal behaviours among professional and drafted military personnel--comparison analysis, years: 1990-2000] 30 Aug 2009
• [The comparative analysis of selected psychosocial and psychopathological factors determining crime behaviours in military and non military environment] 30 Aug 2009
• The structure and temporal stability of the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale. 30 Aug 2009
• Initial construction and validation of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory. 30 Aug 2009
• Psychosocial functioning in the context of diagnosis: assessment and theoretical issues. 30 Aug 2009
• On the value of homogeneous constructs for construct validation, theory testing, and the description of psychopathology. 30 Aug 2009
• An integrative dimensional classification of personality disorder. 30 Aug 2009
• Countertransference reactions to adolescents with eating disorders: relationships to clinician and patient factors. 30 Aug 2009
• Current assessment practice, personality measurement, and rorschach usage by psychologists. 30 Aug 2009
• Structural personality organization as assessed with theory driven profile interpretation of the dutch short form of the MMPI predicts dropout and treatment response in brief cognitive behavioral group therapy for axis I disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• Assessment and management of dangerous and severe personality disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• Personality subtypes of suicidal adults. 30 Aug 2009
• Specificities of defense mechanisms in bipolar affective disorder: relations with symptoms and therapeutic alliance. 30 Aug 2009
• Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory in Cluster C personality disorders and the role of depression, worry, and experiential avoidance. 30 Jul 2009
• Ten-year stability and latent structure of the DSM-IV schizotypal, borderline, avoidant, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Research in child psychoanalysis: twenty-five-year follow-up of a severely disturbed child. 30 Jul 2009
• Attempted suicide in reproductive age women. 30 Jul 2009

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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