“M anipulative”, “difficult” and “attention seeking” are words that have b e e n u s e d b y m a n y health professionals to describe individuals with a diagnosis of personality disorder. Despite examples of good practice and positive attitudes (Castillo, 2003), psychiatric descriptions of personality disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2000, 2012a, World Health Organisation, 1992) soun...

BACKGROUND Fundamental problems with Personality Disorders (PD) diagnostic system in the previous version of DSM, led to the revision of DSM. Therefore, a multidimensional system has been proposed for diagnosis of personality disorder features in DSM-5. In the dimensional approach of DSM-5, personality disorders diagnosis is based on levels of personality functioning (Criteria A) and personalit...

The construct validity of psychopathy was examined within a sample of 326 male and female university students. The interpersonal circumplex served as a nomological net for the examination of convergences between psychopathy measures and convergent and discriminant validity with a measure of personality disorders was examined using a matrix approach. Measures included: (a) Antisocial scale of th...

Background and aims Data on Internet addiction (IA) and its association with personality disorder are rare. Previous studies are largely restricted to clinical samples and insufficient measurement of IA. Methods Cross-sectional analysis data are based on a German sub-sample (n = 168; 86 males; 71 meeting criteria for IA) with increased levels of excessive Internet use derived from a general pop...

167 B personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most prevalent, most widely studied, and yet most controversial of the personality disorders (PDs) described in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1994). Its public health significance arguably rivals that of any other diagnostic syndrome. Patients with BP...

Assessment Personality disorders were assessed using a combined DSM-IV and ICD-10 version of the International Personality Disorder Examination. Information was collected about family background, childhood behaviours, general health, academic performance, social activities and impairments. Disorders were clustered using DSM-IV categories (A odd / eccentric, B dramatic / emotional / erratic, C a...

We examined the internal consistency, factor structure, and validity of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire-Brief (SPQ-B). Two hundred thirty-seven psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents were administered the SPQ-B and a battery of well-established self-report instruments. The SPQ-B demonstrated adequate internal consistency. Exploratory factor analysis provided mixed support for the SP...

BACKGROUND Although personality disorders are associated with increased overall mortality, less is known about cause of death and personality type. AIMS To determine causes of mortality in ICD personality disorders. METHOD Based on data from Swedish nationwide registers, individuals admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of personality disorder between 1987 and 2011 were followed wit...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to test whether borderline personality disorder is a variant of bipolar disorder by examining the rates of co-occurrence in both disorders, the effects of co-occurrence on a longitudinal course, and whether the presence of either disorder confers the risk for new onsets of the other. METHOD A prospective repeated-measures design with reliable independen...