Personality Disorders in Psoriasis

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 877-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Berger ◽  
Isao Fukunishi
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Duration Of Illness ◽  
Premorbid Functioning

Rubino and Zanna (5) have responded to our comments (1) on their report (4) on the association of personality disorders with psoriasis and have presented data comparing the personality characteristics of psoriasis patients with those in urticaria patients. The problems that remain with their methodology are that dental controls may not be equivalent to dermatologic conditions, and in the urticaria study, no data on premorbid functioning were provided to differentiate state vs trait phenomena, and they did not control for duration of illness.

Neurotic Traits and Disease Duration in Headache Patients

Cephalalgia ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giordano Invernizzi ◽  
Costanzo Gala ◽  
Manuela Buono ◽  
Luisa Cittone ◽  
Tiziana Tavola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Disease Duration ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Diagnostic Categories ◽  
Sex Diagnosis ◽  
Duration Of Illness ◽  
Tension Headaches ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Headache Patients

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that duration of illness is correlated with neurotic personality traits. Four hundred and eighteen patients with migraine, tension, and mixed headaches were studied. The MMPI was used to evaluate the patients' personality characteristics. Scales employed were: scale 1–hypochondriasis, scale 2–depression, scale 3–hysteria, and scale 7–psychasthenia. The MMPI scale scores were analysed with regard to sex, diagnosis, and duration of illness. Patients with mixed headaches showed significantly more elevated scores on the MMPI scales than those suffering from migraine and tension headaches. No correlation was found between any of the MMPI scale scores and the duration of illness. No interaction was found between duration of illness and the diagnostic categories of headache in determining the MMPI neurotic scale scores. It is hypothesized that the higher MMPI scores found in patients with mixed headache is characteristic of these patients.

Personality Change in Dementia

1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Aitken ◽  
Stephen Simpson ◽  
Alistair Burns
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Personality Change ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Alzheimer Type ◽  
Neurological Signs ◽  
Duration Of Illness ◽  
Personality Changes ◽  
Extrapyramidal Signs ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Difference

This study examined the prevalence and nature of personality change in 99 patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type and multi-infarct dementia. Personality was assessed using an informant-rated inventory of the patient's personality before and after the onset of dementia, with the difference equating to a change in personality. Personality characteristics were related to the patients' age and sex, duration of illness, degree of cognitive impairment, the presence of a grasp reflex, and extrapyramidal signs. Personality change was found to be almost universal and negative in nature and was particularly associated with severity of cognitive impairment, longer duration of illness, and neurological signs. The findings reflect those from other studies and emphasize the biological basis of personality changes in dementia.

Understanding and Managing Personality Disorders in Chronic Pain

2020 ◽  
pp. 277-290
Author(s):  
James N. Weisberg ◽  
Channing Twyner ◽  
Christopher Paul
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Physical Therapies ◽  
Pain Patients

This chapter provides an overview of historical perspectives on personality and pain, distinguishing between personality characteristics and personality disorders and the multiple factors affecting their assessment. The authors address the epidemiology of personality disorders both in the general population and in chronic pain patients and provide a brief overview of recent research of treatment of personality disorders to optimize outcomes in this difficult population. In addition, the comorbidity of individuals with personality disorders and both chronic pain and substance use disorders is addressed. The authors note that understanding the role personality disorders may play in the expression of behaviors observed in a substantial proportion of chronic pain sufferers should result in the tailoring of multimodal treatments for chronic pain that emphasize nonopioid medical management and cognitive behavioral and physical therapies.

Temperament and the structure of personality disorder symptoms

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROGER T. MULDER ◽  
PETER R. JOYCE
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Diagnoses ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Current Clinical Practice ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Normally Distributed

This paper attempts to construct a simplified system for the classification of personality disorders, and relates this system to normally distributed human personality characteristics. One hundred and forty-eight subjects with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses were evaluated using the SCID-II structured clinical interview for personality disorders. A four-factor solution of personality disorder symptoms was obtained and we labelled these factors ‘the four As’ : antisocial, asocial, asthenic and anankastic. The factors related to the four temperament dimensions of the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ), but less closely to Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) dimensions. The four factors were similar to those identified in a number of studies using a variety of assessment methods and this lends some credibility to our findings. It suggests that a more parsimonious set of trait descriptors could be used to provide simpler, less overlapping categories that retain links with current clinical practice. In addition, these factors can be seen as extremes of normally distributed behaviours obtained using the TPQ questionnaire.

P03-220 - Personality disorders and substance use disorders comorbidity: focussing on personality characteristics

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 1287
Author(s):  
G. Mateu-Codina ◽  
L. Diaz-Digon ◽  
R. Martinez-Riera ◽  
L. Morro-Fernandez ◽  
A. Merino-Torres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Personality Characteristics

scholarly journals Prevalence of personality disorders in patients with fibromyalgia: a brief review

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 523-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luigi Attademo ◽  
Francesco Bernardini
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Clinical Condition ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Widespread Pain ◽  
Electronic Database ◽  
Functional Symptoms ◽  
Assessment And Treatment

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex musculoskeletal pain disorder characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, and other functional symptoms. Patients with FM are frequently affected by psychiatric disorders. Clinicians typically observe certain personality characteristics or traits associated with FM, but there is still a lack of studies about personality disorders (PDs) in patients with FM. Aim of our brief review is to summarize the literature to date on prevalence of PDs in FM. We searched the PubMed electronic database for all articles up to 1 February 2017, and identified a number of reports about prevalence of PDs in patients with FM. Most of studies show that the proportion of PDs diagnosed in patients with FM appears far greater than that found in the general population. We suggest that is very useful to evaluate PDs in patients with FM systematically, in order to improve the understanding, assessment, and treatment of this clinical condition.

scholarly journals Personality characteristics and bariatric surgery outcomes: a systematic review

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suelen Bordignon ◽  
Mayra Juliana Galvis Aparício ◽  
Juliana Bertoletti ◽  
Clarissa Marceli Trentini
Keyword(s):  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
Surgery Outcomes

Abstract Introduction: Numerous studies have focused on psychological assessment of bariatric surgery candidates, aiming to identify which psychological variables, including personality characteristics, are related to successful surgical prognosis. Objective: To analyze, by means of a systematic literature review, longitudinal studies that investigated personality traits and disorders as possible predictors of outcomes in bariatric surgery. Method: PsycInfo, PubMed, and Scopus databases were searched for studies published between 2005 and 2015, using the keywords “bariatric” AND “personality.” Quantitative longitudinal studies in English, Portuguese, or Spanish were selected for review if they assessed personality as an outcome predictor of BS in people aged 18 years or older. Results: Sixteen articles were analyzed. The results of this review suggest that externalizing dysfunctions might be associated with less weight reduction, while internalizing dysfunctions appear to be associated with somatic concerns and psychological distress. The persistence dimension (of temperament in Cloninger's model) was positively associated with greater weight loss, while neuroticism (Five Factor Model) and the occurrence of personality disorders were not predictive of weight loss. Furthermore, the results indicate a tendency towards a reduction in personality disorders and neuroticism scores, and an increase in extroversion scores, after BS. Conclusions: Assessment of personality characteristics, whether to identify their predictive power or to detect changes during the BS process, is important since it can provide grounds for estimating surgical prognosis and for development of interventions targeting this population.

Rates and correlates of employment in patients with schizophrenia: A multicenter study in Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-243
Author(s):  
Mustafa Yıldız ◽  
Beyza Nur Kaytaz Yılmaz ◽  
Aysel İncedere ◽  
Fatma Betül Abut ◽  
Azize Özgül Aydın ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Average Duration ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Employment History ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Duration Of Illness ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Premorbid Functioning ◽  
The Mean ◽  
High Level ◽  
Occupational Life

Background: There is not enough information regarding the participation in the working life of the patients with schizophrenia in Turkey. Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the occupational experiences of patients with schizophrenia before and after the illness and to investigate the factors that predict work participation. Methods: The data on occupational life of the patients with schizophrenia, which were treated as outpatients in six different centers, were examined. The rates of participation in working life before and after the disease were evaluated. Patients with and without occupational life history after the disease were compared in terms of demographic characteristics. Factors predicting participation in work life after the disease were analyzed by logistic regression analysis. Results: Out of the 587 patients evaluated in the study, 73% were males, 73% were single, the mean age was 42, mean level of education was 9 years and the average duration of illness was 18 years. The duration of the employment before the disease was higher than that after the disease regarding expected working time. The rate of employment was 11% currently, 14% in the last year, 62% after the disease and 83% for the lifetime. While the factors that predicted to be in working life after the illness were male gender (odds ratio (OR) = 2.9), diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder (OR = 2.6), high level of education (OR = 1.2) and employment history before the onset of the illness (OR = 1.0), only the shorter duration of illness (OR = 1.1) predicted the current working status when the gender variable was excluded. Conclusion: Rate of employment of patients with schizophrenia living in Turkey was low as in other countries. Good premorbid functioning seems to determine participation in occupational life after the illness.

Adolescent Voice Quality Aberrations: Personality and Social Status

1968 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 576-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Muma ◽  
Ronald L. Laeder ◽  
Clarence E. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Voice Quality ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Peer Evaluations ◽  
Adolescent Voice

Seventy-eight subjects, identified as possessing voice quality aberrations for six months, constituted four experimental groups: breathiness, harshness, hoarseness, and nasality. A control group included 38 subjects. The four experimental groups were compared with the control group according to personality characteristics and peer evaluations. The results of these comparisons indicated that there was no relationship between voice quality aberration and either personality characteristics or peer evaluations.

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