Search for dissertations about: "borderline personality disorders"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words borderline personality disorders.

  2. 1. Transsexualism and personality : methodological and clinical studies on gender identity disorders

    Author : Owe Bodlund; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Transsexualism; Personality; GID; Sex reassignment; Outcome; SCID screen; GAF; SASB; DMT;

    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

  4. 2. Borderline psychopathology and the defense mechanism test

    Author : Elisabet Sundbom; Bengt-Åke Armelius; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Defense Mechanism Test; defense mechanisms; percept-genetics; Structural Interview; Borderline Personality Organization; Borderline Personality Disorder; Principal Component Analysis; PLS-discriminant analysis;

    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

  5. 3. Mortality in women with personality disorders : Relationship to childbearing, ADHD and injuries treated in healthcare

    Author : Efthymios Kouppis; Lisa Ekselius; Bengt Gerdin; Emma Björkenstam; Charlotte Björkenstam; Sofie Westling; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Personality disorders (PDs) constitute a significant global health problem, with approximately 8% of the population fulfilling diagnostic criteria for one or more PDs. PDs influence various healthcare aspects of an affected person’s life, leading to impaired functioning, suffering, and a lower quality of life. READ MORE

  6. 4. Overcontrol in anorexia nervosa : assessment, occurrence, and treatment

    Author : Martina Isaksson; Mia Ramklint; Ata Ghaderi; Martina Wolf-Arehult; Elisabet Wentz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anorexia; Eating disorders; Overcontrol; Self-control; Personality; Treatment; Radically open dialectical behavior therapy; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Excessive overcontrol – characterized by high risk aversion, compulsiveness, emotion inhibition, and social deficits – has been suggested to be a core mechanism for developing and maintaining anorexia nervosa. However, such factors are rarely targeted as key elements in treatment of the disorder. READ MORE

  7. 5. Clinical studies on the borderline concept with special reference to suicidal behavior

    Author : Gunnar Kullgren; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; borderline;

    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