Personality disorders in medical psychology: medical training and professional creativity

Personality disorders in medical psychology: medical training and professional creativity.

According to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders1 (DSM-5), “a personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment”. In th...

Medicine and creativity in medical psychology.

Does Personality Moderate the Effects of Mindfulness Training for Medical and Psychology Students?

The majority of mindfulness research to date has reported only on the group-level effects of interventions. Therefore, there is a need to better understand who is most likely to benefit from mindfulness interventions. This study reports on moderation analyses from a two-centre randomised controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) among 288 medical and psychology students. The...

Cultivating the professional virtues in medical training and practice.

Medical schools and residency programs endeavor to provide an excellent standard of training and to promote a culture of respect and responsibility to every patient, learner, and colleague. This is demanding work, especially when individual or collective effort is obscured by pressing emotional and exhaustion-related personal health issues (1–6) or subverted by unprofessional behaviors, such as...

Training medical students on rare disorders

A significant challenge faced by families and patients affected by rare diseases is the general lack of awareness among medical professionals of the sheer number of rare diseases that exist and the sometimes devastating impact a rare disease can have on all aspects of a person’s life. Many doctors believe that they are unlikely to come across a rare disease in their professional careers and sim...