Personality Disorders

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Mental-Physical Multimorbidity Associates With Decreased Life Expectancy

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

Publish Date April 26, 2022

In this study, mental disorders were determined using data from the Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register and general medical conditions from the Danish National Patient Register.

A Mixture of Individual and Group Schema Therapy Superior for the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

Publish Date March 29, 2022

Patients with borderline personality disorder were recruited at 15 sites in 5 countries between 2010 and 2016 for this CONSORT trial.

Since 1996, Fewer and Fewer Psychiatrists Practice Psychotherapy in the US

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

Publish Date February 7, 2022

With the provision of outpatient psychotherapy by psychiatrists steadily declining in the US, researchers sought to characterize the trends and patterns of psychotherapy by US psychiatrists.

How Do Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder Describe the Symptom of Chronic Emptiness?

By

Mary Stroka

Publish Date December 7, 2021

Researchers surveyed patients with BPD from an ongoing longitudinal study who reported that they felt chronically empty at least “a good bit of the time.”

Which Borderline Personality Disorder Patients Are at Increased Risk for Suicide Attempts?

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

Publish Date June 10, 2021

The researchers examined the association of a borderline personality disorder diagnosis and the specific criteria for its diagnosis with suicide attempts in US adults.

Borderline Personality Disorder With Major Depressive Disorder Comorbidity may Benefit From Combinatorial Therapy

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

Publish Date December 29, 2020

This study summarizes current literature for the effect of borderline personality disorder on the treatment response and management of patients affected by major depressive disorder.

Criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder Associated with Suicide Attempts

By

Mary Stroka

Publish Date December 2, 2020

Researchers conducted 10 years of follow-ups with adults with personality disorders who participated in the Collaborative Longitudinal Study of Personality Disorders to examine which factors were associated with reported suicide attempts.

Polygenic Risk Scores Predict Progression to Other Disorders in Unipolar Depression

By

Emily Pond

Publish Date July 28, 2020

Polygenic risk scores predict the progression from unipolar depression to bipolar or psychiatric disorders.

Childhood Sleep Problems Linked to Psychosis, Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescence

By

Brandon May

Publish Date July 14, 2020

Psychosis and BPD have previously been linked to persistent nightmares in childhood, and these findings highlight the importance of confronting sleep disturbances at young ages.

Psychiatric Comorbidities May Raise Risk for Sedative Use Disorder in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

By

Emily Pond

Publish Date June 29, 2020

Over half of the sample attained opioids through their own prescription, and 47.2% of patients with co-occurring sedative use disorder attained sedatives by prescription.