Focus
- Volume 20
- Number 4
- October 2022
From the Guest Editor
Reviews
Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages337–352Progress in understanding borderline personality disorder has unfolded in the last decade, landing in a new COVID-19–influenced world. Borderline personality disorder is now firmly established as a valid diagnosis, distinct from its co-occurring mood, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20220057Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages353–357Standard psychiatric risk management challenges are routinely amplified in the treatment of patients with primary or co-occurring borderline personality disorder diagnosis. Most psychiatrists receive limited guidance during training or as part of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20220054Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages358–367Borderline personality disorder is a complex psychiatric disorder with limited treatment options that are associated with large heterogeneity in treatment response and high rates of dropout. New or complementary treatments for borderline personality ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20220056Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages368–377This review summarizes current knowledge about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Each section brings the reader up to date on advances in our knowledge during the last decade. In terms of NPD diagnosis, this review describes the addition of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20220052Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages378–388Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a commonly encountered diagnosis, affecting approximately 1%–6% of the population, with no evidence-based treatments. Recent scholarship has focused on self-esteem dysregulation as a key component of NPD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20220055Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages389–396Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a chronic condition that involves a maladaptive pattern of excessive perfectionism, preoccupation with orderliness and details, and the need for control over one’s environment. It is one of the most ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20220058Articles
Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages397–401Transient stress-related paranoia is the descriptive definition of psychotic phenomena associated with borderline personality disorder. Although psychotic symptoms usually do not qualify patients for a separate diagnosis in the psychotic spectrum, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20220060Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages402–408Both the DSM-5 Section III Alternative Model for Personality Disorders and the ICD-11 have introduced a genuinely developmental approach to personality disorder. Among young people with personality disorder, compelling evidence demonstrates a high burden ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.2022006221st-Century Psychiatrist
Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages409–410This 21st-Century Psychiatrist column reflects the authors’ perceptions of the importance of addressing patient-centered care through mindful listening and mentalizing in psychiatry. The authors maintain that adopting a mentalizing stance is a promising ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20220046Ask the Expert
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Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages424–433This review of the descriptive literature on borderline patients indicates that accounts of such patients vary depending upon who is describing them, in what context, how the samples are selected, and what data are collected. The authors identify six ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.22020017Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages434–438Despite global consensus regarding the early detection of personality disorder, current approaches to early intervention have failed to deliver for the majority of young people. This only serves to reinforce the enduring effects of personality disorder on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.22020016Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages439–448Although Osheroff v. Chestnut Lodge never reached final court adjudication, the case generated widespread discussion in psychiatric, legal, and lay circles. The author served as a consultant to Dr. Osheroff and testified that Chestnut Lodge failed to ...
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