Adolescent Psychopathy in Relation to Delinquent Behaviors, Conduct Disorder, and Personality Disorders

1995 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 13798J ◽  
Author(s):  
Wade C. Myers ◽  
Roger C. Burket ◽  
H. Elaine Harris
Keyword(s):  
Conduct Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Delinquent Behaviors ◽  
Adolescent Psychopathy

Neuropsychiatry of aggression

2020 ◽  
pp. 379-392
Author(s):  
Shoumitro (Shoumi) Deb ◽  
Tanya Deb
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Conduct Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Mood Stabilizers ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Intermittent Explosive Disorder ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Neuropsychiatric Conditions

Conditions affecting the central nervous system, such as trauma or degenerative illness, often lead to neurobehavioural disorders. One of the most difficult of these to treat is aggression. Outwardly directed aggression can be divided into two types—reactive and proactive—the first of which is less structured and generally presents with visible anger, while the latter is structured and premeditated. While there exists no specific diagnostic criteria for either type of aggression, the closest that exist are intermittent explosive disorder (IED) for the former and conduct disorder (CD), which has been known to evolve into personality disorders (PDs), for the latter. This chapter explores the relation between aggression and other neuropsychiatric conditions, beginning with its neurobiological underpinnings. It then describes assessment methods, such as the Behaviour itself, Medical/ organic issues, Person showing the behaviour, Psychiatric/psychological issues, and Social/ occupational/ personal issues (BMPPS) model, before discussing treatments, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological. For the former, the effectiveness of various medications is discussed, from antipsychotics to mood stabilizers.

Associations of past conduct disorder with personality disorders in ‘non-psychotic’ psychiatric inpatients

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.H. Dowson ◽  
P. Sussams ◽  
A.T. Grounds ◽  
J.C. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Conduct Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Psychiatric Practice ◽  
Psychopathy Checklist ◽  
Psychopathy Checklist Revised ◽  
History Of

The aim was to investigate associations of a history of features of DSM-III-R conduct disorder (CD) with features of DSM-III-R personality disorders (PDs) and psychopathy, in inpatient psychiatric practice. Fifty-six psychiatric inpatients, without a history of specified ‘psychoses’, were assessed by the SCID structured interview for DSM-III-R PDs and the ‘Psychopathy Checklist Revised’ (PCL-R).In a sample in which 59% had borderline PD, significant associations between a history of CD criteria and the adult features of antisocial PD (APD) were relatively specific compared with other PDs, but were weaker in women. However, significant correlations between the number of positive CD criteria and PCL-R scores were similar in both genders. The relatively specific associations between CD and adult features of APD are likely to be relevant to psychiatric patients who show various presentations of PD, if these include some adult features of APD. The findings inform the understanding of the development and classification of PDs.

Tools & Resources: Impairment and Disability Web Sites

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 5-6
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Outpatient Psychotherapy ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Not Otherwise Specified ◽  
Cluster B Personality Disorders ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract Personality disorders are enduring patterns of inner experience and behavior that deviate markedly from those expected by the individual's culture; these inflexible and pervasive patterns reflect issues with cognition, affectivity, interpersonal functioning and impulse control, and lead to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fourth Edition, defines two specific personality disorders, in addition to an eleventh condition, Personality Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. Cluster A personality disorders include paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personalities; of these, Paranoid Personality Disorder probably is most common in the legal arena. Cluster B personality disorders include antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality. Such people may suffer from frantic efforts to avoid perceived abandonment, patterns of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships, an identity disturbance, and impulsivity. Legal issues that involve individuals with cluster B personality disorders often involve determination of causation of the person's problems, assessment of claims of harassment, and assessment of the person's fitness for employment. Cluster C personality disorders include avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality. Two case histories illustrate some of the complexities of assessing impairment in workers with personality disorders, including drug abuse, hospitalizations, and inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy.

Psychobiological Basis of Conduct Disorder

1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 386-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven K. Shapiro ◽  
George W. Hynd
Keyword(s):  
Conduct Disorder

Test-Retest Reliability of a Self-Report Questionnaire for DSM-IV and ICD-10 Personality Disorders

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Ottosson ◽  
Martin Grann ◽  
Gunnar Kullgren
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Axis I ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Summary: Short-term stability or test-retest reliability of self-reported personality traits is likely to be biased if the respondent is affected by a depressive or anxiety state. However, in some studies, DSM-oriented self-reported instruments have proved to be reasonably stable in the short term, regardless of co-occurring depressive or anxiety disorders. In the present study, we examined the short-term test-retest reliability of a new self-report questionnaire for personality disorder diagnosis (DIP-Q) on a clinical sample of 30 individuals, having either a depressive, an anxiety, or no axis-I disorder. Test-retest scorings from subjects with depressive disorders were mostly unstable, with a significant change in fulfilled criteria between entry and retest for three out of ten personality disorders: borderline, avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Scorings from subjects with anxiety disorders were unstable only for cluster C and dependent personality disorder items. In the absence of co-morbid depressive or anxiety disorders, mean dimensional scores of DIP-Q showed no significant differences between entry and retest. Overall, the effect from state on trait scorings was moderate, and it is concluded that test-retest reliability for DIP-Q is acceptable.

Factors of Impulsivity and Cluster B Personality Dimensions

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Lootens ◽  
Christopher D. Robertson ◽  
John T. Mitchell ◽  
Nathan A. Kimbrel ◽  
Natalie E. Hundt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
The Other ◽  
Diagnostic Classification ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Cluster B Personality Disorders ◽  
Classification And Treatment

Abstract. The goal of the present investigation was to expand the literature on impulsivity and Cluster B personality disorders (PDs) by conceptualizing impulsivity in a multidimensional manner. Two separate undergraduate samples (n = 223; n = 204) completed measures of impulsivity and Cluster B dimensions. Impulsivity was indeed predictive of Cluster B dimensions and, importantly, each PD scale exhibited a unique impulsivity profile. Findings for borderline PD scores were highly consistent across samples and strongly and positively associated with urgency and lack of perseverance, as expected. Findings for the other PD dimensions also exhibited a fair amount of consistency. Implications of these findings for diagnostic classification and treatment are discussed.

Cognitive Treatment of Personality Disorders:: Difficult Clients or Difficult Process?

2003 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 657-660
Author(s):  
Lisa Wallner Samstag ◽  
J. Christopher Muran
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Cognitive Treatment
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