03/06/2010 | A 10-year follow-up of borderline personality patients has found that remission is more common than recovery, leading the authors to suggest that treatment should focus on the psychosocial deficits of these patients.
03/03/2010 | Clinicians should ask patients taking the antipsychotic aripiprazole whether they are experiencing any compulsive behaviours, an Australian psychiatrist suggests.
11/02/2010 | Researchers have uncovered neurobiological indicators that may provide explanations into the pathophysiology of body dysmorphic disorder, which they hope will eventually help guide treatments and interventions.
03/12/2009 | Mentalisation-based treatment is more effective than a structured clinical approach when treating patients with borderline personality disorder, research shows.
04/08/2009 | Psychoanalytic and cognitive education programs may help clinicians develop more positive attitudes towards patients with borderline personality disorder, an Australian study finds, but only psychoanalytic education may have long-lasting effects.
23/07/2009 | Suicide attempts by people with narcissistic personality disorder are characterised by planning and the use of more lethal means, an analysis of 446 Spanish patients has concluded.
07/11/2008 |
A large, clinically-based study has provided new insights into the categorisation of narcissistic personality disorder, and helped define its possible overlap with antisocial personality disorder.
Source: Kay, J. American Journal of Psychiatry 2008; 165: 1379-1382.
10/12/2007 |
Avoidant personality disorder and social phobia have a common genetic link, suggesting that the two disorders may be part of the same spectrum, new research suggests.
Source: Reichborn-Kjennerud,T. et al. American Journal of Psychiatry 2007; 164: 1722—1728.
19/06/2007 | A study investigating which patients with personality disorder can best benefit from time-limited dynamic psychotherapy have found that specific interpersonal problems impact on the effectiveness of manualised or non-manualised treatment.Source: Vinnars, B. Clin Psychol Psychother 2007; 14: 198-210.
17/05/2007 | The assessment of personality disorder is inaccurate, largely unreliable and frequently wrong, experts have claimed.