Search for dissertations about: "borderline personality disorder"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words borderline personality disorder.
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1. Borderline personality disorder : studies of suffering, quality of life and dialectical behavioural therapy
Abstract : The aims of the present thesis were: * To investigate how women patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) perceive their suffering, quality of life and encounter with psychiatric care (paper 11 and III). * To describe BPD patients' and psychiatric professionals' perceptions of receiving and giving dialectical behavioural therapy, DBT (paper I). READ MORE
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2. Transsexualism and personality : methodological and clinical studies on gender identity disorders
Abstract : Patients suffering from transsexualism (TS) who apply for sex reassignment surgery (SRS) go through a complex evaluation process before being accepted for treatment. In general, the results from SRS are satisfying. READ MORE
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3. Borderline psychopathology and the defense mechanism test
Abstract : The main purpose of the present studies has been to develop the Defense Mechanism Test (DM1) for clinical assessment of severe psychopathology with the focus on the concept of Borderline Personality Organization (BPO) according to Kemberg. By relating the DMT and the Structural Interview to each other, the concurrent validity of the concept of Personality Organization (PO) for psychiatric inpatients has been investigated. READ MORE
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4. Clinical studies on the borderline concept with special reference to suicidal behavior
Abstract : The diagnostic concept of borderline personality has had various meanings throughout the last decades. From current clinical practice and research two principally different concepts have emerged: The syndrome concept of borderline personality disorder ( BPD ) as identified by the DSM-III or the Diagnostic Interview for Borderline (DIB) and the psychodynamic concept of borderline personality organization (BPO) as defined from the structural Interview (SI) by Otto Kernberg. READ MORE
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5. Men with borderline personality disorder and antisocial behavior : clinical characteristics, developmental perspectives and interventions
Abstract : Background: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of emotional instability, impulsivity, relationship problems and identity disturbance. As the disorder has been considered more prevalent in women, research on men with BPD has lagged behind. READ MORE