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  • Volume 8
  • Number 2
  • April 2010

FROM THE GUEST EDITOR

CLINICAL SYNTHESIS

Publication date: 01 April 2010

Pages165–179

An understanding of the mechanisms of personality development provides a systematic way to promote health as an integrated state of physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being. Individual differences in personality are causal antecedents of the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc165

Publication date: 01 April 2010

Pages180–186

An interaction between individual and contextual factors is the central theme in development of personality. Molecular genetics offers the most valuable opportunity for increasing our understanding of the joint effect of nature and nurture. Sensitivity to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc180

Publication date: 01 April 2010

Pages187–198

This article provides an overview for assessing and working with personality variables in an abstinence-based addiction treatment program for professionals. Included in this discussion are the ways in which one program uses the Temperament and Character ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc187

Publication date: 01 April 2010

Pages199–215

Effective clinical practice depends on tools that facilitate nonstigmatizing personality assessment, rapid development of a therapeutic alliance, and the guided development of self-awareness so that people learn how to live well. As an expert in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc199

Publication date: 01 April 2010

Pages216–219

This exercise provides a practice-based example of the principles and practice of person-centered therapy described in this issue of FOCUS. Answer the questions below, on the information provided, making your decisions taking the person-centered approach. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc216

INFLUENTIAL PUBLICATIONS

Publication date: 01 April 2010

Pages222–225

This section contains a compilation of recent publications that have shaped the thinking in the field as well as classic works that remain important to the subject reviewed in this issue. This bibliography has been compiled by experts in the field and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc222

Publication date: 01 April 2010

Pages230–239

Objective: The purpose of this article is to describe the development of the borderline personality disorder diagnosis, highlighting both the obstacles encountered and the associated achievements. Method: On the basis of a review of the literature, the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc230

Publication date: 01 April 2010

Pages240–249

Objective: To test for empirically defined temperament phenotypes and to investigate their associations with psychopathology and wellness. Method: The sample included 447 children (259 boys, 188 girls; mean age 11.0 years) recruited for a family study in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc240

Publication date: 01 April 2010

Pages261–268

Background: Interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy are widely accepted as effective treatments for major depression. There is little evidence on how personality disorder or personality traits affect treatment response. Aims: To ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc261

Publication date: 01 April 2010

Pages276–285

Objective: Few studies of temperament have tested goodness-of-fit theories of child behavior problems. In this study, we test the hypothesis that interactions between child and parent temperament dimensions predict levels of child psychopathology after ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc276

Publication date: 01 April 2010

Pages286–293

Objective: The goals of this study were to determine the course of illness in a cohort of depressed patients undergoing treatment for 6 months and whether there are clinically useful predictors of their course of illness. Method: A cohort of 175 depressed ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc286

Publication date: 01 April 2010

Pages294–300

Recent meta-analyses have questioned the association between the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene polymorphism and the temperament trait of novelty seeking, and proposed an interaction between the polymorphism and other factors. We wanted to test whether ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc294

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