Method Participants were 316 ED patients. The EATATE part 1 (a semi-structured interview) was used to examine diagnostic cross-over in EDs. The Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2), Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-R), Oxford Risk Factor Interview (ORFI), the EATATE part 2 [used to assess obsessive-compulsive personality (OCPD) traits and impulsive behaviours] and four candidate genes (5-H...

In this study, we utilized a large undergraduate sample (N = 536), oversampled for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text revision [DSM-IV-TR]; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) pathology, to compare 8 self-report measures of OCPD. No prior study has compared more than 3 measures, and the results indicate t...

The halloysite has been subjected to modification through ultrasound (HU), sulfuric acid (HU-SA), and oligocyclopentadiene resin (HU-OCPD). modified materials were characterized by scanning electron microscopy energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), thermogravimetry (TG), N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms, tested as low-cost adsorbents for removal of ...

The object of the article is to explore the phenomenological nature of the intersections between the autism spectrum disorder known as Asperger’s syndrome (AS),1 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),2 obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD),3 and Mmajor depressive disorder (MDD)4 when all the four disorders are comorbid in a single person. The method of this article is to use myself as ...

Alcohol relapse is impacted by a variety of environmental, interpersonal, and intrapersonal factors. We examined the interaction between stressful life events, personality disorder subtype, and alcohol relapse among individuals enrolled in the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study (CLPS). Negative life events predicted relapse in all subjects. In individuals with a history of a...

Factors contributing to movement-related fear were assessed by Russek, et al. 2014 for subjects with Fibromyalgia (FM) based on the collected data by a national internet survey of community-based individuals. The study focused on the variables, Activities-Specific Balance Confidence scale (ABC), Primary Care Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder screen (PC-PTSD), Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK), a ...

BACKGROUND A defining feature of personality disorder (PD) is an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that is stable over time. Follow-up and follow-along studies have shown considerable diagnostic instability of PDs, however, even over short intervals. What, then, about personality disorder is stable? The purpose of this study was to determine the stability of impairment in psycho...