The personality disorder patient pathway: Service user and clinical perspectives

Empathy in narcissistic personality disorder: from clinical and empirical perspectives.

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is associated with an assortment of characteristics that undermine interpersonal functioning. A lack of empathy is often cited as the primary distinguishing feature of NPD. However, clinical presentations of NPD suggest that empathy is not simply deficient in these individuals, but dysfunctional and subject to a diverse set of motivational and situational...

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment Empathy in Narcissistic Personality Disorder: From Clinical and Empirical Perspectives

An evaluation of new services for personality-disordered offenders: staff and service user perspectives.

BACKGROUND Little is known about effective treatment for personality-disordered (PD) offenders. We aimed to obtain the perspective of service users and staff on: (a) the experience of receiving treatment; and (b) the experience of delivering treatment, within new forensic services for PD offenders. MATERIAL Thematic analysis was applied to qualitative interviews with 30 service users and 22 s...

Recovery in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): A Qualitative Study of Service Users' Perspectives

BACKGROUND Symptom improvement in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is more common than previously hypothesised. However, it remains unclear whether it reflects service users' personal goals of recovery. The present study aimed to explore what service users with BPD view as recovery. METHODS 48 service users were recruited from secondary mental health services and their views on their per...

[Personality structure and clinical severity of borderline personality disorder].

OBJECTIVES To correlate personality structure and clinical severity of borderline personality disorder. METHODS Based on data from a sample of 104 female patients with borderline personality disorder, we computed bivariate correlations and group comparisons using the scales from the Structured Interview of Personality Organization (STIPO) as well as indicators of clinical severity of the diso...