Borderline personality disorder [[electronic resource] ] : new research / / Marian H. Jackson and Linda F. Westbrook, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459319603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-60876-540-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): JacksonMarian H; WestbrookLinda F
• Disciplina: 616.85/852
• Soggetti: Borderline personality disorder; Personality disorders; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Borderline Personality Disorder: New Research""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Genetic Epidemiology of Borderline Personality Disorder""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Borderline Personality Disorder: Conceptualisation and Main Symptoms""; ""Dimensional Models of Borderline Personality Disorder""; ""Prevalence of BPD""; ""Demographic Correlates""; ""Comorbidity with Other Disorders""; ""Family Studies""; ""Twin Studies""; ""Twin Family Studies""; ""Linkage Studies""; ""Candidate Gene Studies""; ""Future Research""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Correlates and Course of Recovery in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder - A Review""""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Diagnostic Features""; ""Prevalence and Stability of Remission""; ""Positive Predictors of Remission in BPD""; ""Negative Predictors of Recovery""; ""Patterns of Remission""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Neuropsychobiology, Comorbidity and Dimensional Models in Borderline Personality Disorder: Critical Issues for Treatment""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Neurobiological Data""; ""Neuropsychological Findings in BPD""; ""Comorbidity and Dimensional Models for BPD""""Treatment Options in BPD""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Neurobiology of Borderline Personality Disorder: Present State and Future Directions""; ""Abstract""; ; ""Introduction""; ""Alterations of the Serotonin (5-HT) System and Impulsive Aggression""; ""Affective Dysregulation""; ""Structural Brain Imaging in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)""; ""Functional Brain Imaging in BPD""; ""Stress Regulation and BPD""; ""Polysomnographic Studies and Neurophysiology""; ""Pain Perception""; ""Conclusion""; ""Perspectives""; ""References""; ""Proving the Efficiency of Music Psychotherapy with Borderline Adolescents by Means of a Quasi-Experimental Design""""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Clinical Background""; ""Methodology of Treatment and Evaluation""; ""Some Experimental Results""; ""Clinical Illustration""; ""Synthesis of Clinical Observations and Experimental Results""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""A Dissociative Model of Borderline Personality Disorder""; ""Abstract""; ""Trauma Histories in Borderline Personality Disorder and Dissociative Identity Disorder""; ""Treatment Techniques for Borderline Personality Disorder and Dissociative Identity Disorder""""DSM-IV-TR Criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder""; ""Frantic Efforts to Avoid Real or Imagined Abandonment""; ""Unstable and Intense Relationships - Idealization and Devaluation""; ""Identity Disturbance""; ""Impulsivity that is Physically Self-Damaging""; ""Recurrent Suicidal Behavior""; ""Affective Instability""; ""Chronic Feelings of Emptiness""; ""Inappropriate Intense Anger""; ""Transient, Stress-Related Paranoid Ideation or Severe Dissociative Symptoms""; ""Counter-Transference Problems with Borderline Personality Disorder""