need to know why the pathology causes the behavioural disturbance, the neural structures implicated in the pathology and the cause of the dysfunction in the neural structures. With regard to psychopathy, we have clear indications regarding why the pathology gives rise to the emotional and behavioural disturbance and important insights into the neural systems implicated in this pathology. What r...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a paradigmatic disorder of adult attachment, with high rates of antecedent childhood maltreatment. The neurocognitive correlates of both attachment disturbance and maltreatment are both presently unknown in BPD. This study evaluated whether dimensional adult attachment disturbance in BPD is related to specific neurocognitive deficits, and whether childho...

Pregnancy and the post-partum period are generally regarded as maturational crises equal in importance to those of adolescence and the menopause. Stresses undergone during this period include (a) endocrine changes, (b) activation of unconscious psychological conflicts pertaining to pregnancy and (c) the intrapsychic reorganization ofbecorning a mother. In light of this, it seems likely that cli...

We have been very interested in the article of Castellon et al. (2000) on the neuropsychiatric disturbances present in HIV-infection, which reports results very congruent with those published previously by our research group. Indeed, for many years we have studied psychopathological perturbations (depression and anxiety) as well as more specific emotional dimensions like emotional deficit and l...

Police officers frequently respond to calls involving persons with mental illnesses and in doing so, they are key gatekeepers of access to mental health treatment as well as entry into the criminal justice system. Programs such as Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) are being implemented across the United States and elsewhere to train officers to respond more effectively and facilitate access to me...

in recent years, emotion dysregulation and anxiety sensitivity have been introduced of the most effective factors in sleep disturbance. the purpose of this study was to examine emotion dysregulation and anxiety sensitivity as potential contributor to sleep problems in students. the statistical population of this research consisted of all the bu-ali sina university’s students in the academic yea...

Observers of allergic sensitivities mention or allude to the importance of the emotional status of the patient in effecting an increase of the sensitivity or even of precipitating the allergic syndrome without any apparent assistance. Whether the syndrome which occurs in response to a specific allergen and the one that follows emotional shiock are physiologically identical in their mode of deve...