Evaluation of psychatric syndromes and personality in candidates for living donor kidney transplants
Background: The aim of the study was to assess personality and psychopathology of living kidney donors (LKD). Methods: A cross-sectional design study was carried out at Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Canarias (CHUC).
R.A. Souto Pérez +4 more
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Depressive disorder vs histrionic personality disorder. Report of a case
Introduction In daily clinical practice we use to make diagnoses in first consultations, but sometimes it is more complicated, requiring a cross-sectional study of the evolution of the case.In daily clinical practice we use to make diagnoses in first ...
F. Cartas Moreno, M. ValverDe Barea
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Borderline personality in patients with poly-diagnoses treated for a Bipolar Disorder [PDF]
Some patients with dysphoria, explosive behaviour, or suicidal ideation, may receive a diagnosis of, and treatment for Bipolar Disorder (BD) and, not infrequently. The coexistence of these two diagnoses has been explained in different ways.
Ferraro L. +8 more
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Personality disorder in primary care : factors associated with therapy process and outcome. [PDF]
Assessment and treatment of personality disorder (PD) is a key issue in UK mental health service provision (NIMH report, 2003), but there is limited information on individuals with personality disorder presenting to primary care mental health services ...
Burrell-Hodgson, Gerrard +3 more
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Was Queen Jezebel intelligent? Insight in individuals with histrionic personality disorder
In this article, the author attempts to answer the question of whether it is possible to speak of insight in individuals with histrionic personality disorder. In principle, this question is rhetorical, since researchers, and not only psychoanalytic ones,
Małgorzata Starzomska-Romanowska
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The heterogeneity of spouse abuse: A review [PDF]
Recent research suggests that spouse abusers are not a homogenous group. Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart (1994) propose three types of domestic violent men; Family Only, Generally Violent/Antisocial and Dysphoric/ Borderline Personality.
Browne, Kevin, Dixon, Louise
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Assessing mentalization in psychotherapy: first validation of the Mentalization Imbalances Scale
The aim of this study was to provide data on the preliminary validation of a clinician-report multidimensional assessment measure of mentalization (Mentalization Imbalances Scale, MIS).
Giulia Gagliardini +5 more
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Using network analysis for the prediction of treatment dropout in patients with mood and anxiety disorders: a methodological proof-of-concept study [PDF]
There are large health, societal, and economic costs associated with attrition from psychological services. The recently emerged, innovative statistical tool of complex network analysis was used in the present proof-of-concept study to improve the ...
Fisher, Aaron J. +5 more
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Diagnostic value of the Dutch version of the MCclean Screening instrument for BPD (MSI-BPD) [PDF]
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) often goes unrecognized, and therefore a short but accurate screening tool is desired. The present study investigated the psychometric properties of the 10-item McLean Screening Instrument for BPD (MSI-BPD) in 159 ...
Andre, JA +2 more
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