Personality Disorders

A new meta-analysis finds that DBT reduces self-harm, suicide attempts, and reduces the frequency of psychiatric crisis service utilization.

New research points to numerous harmful effects of high-level lead exposure in childhood on adult mental health and personality characteristics.

In an effort to reduce coercion, researchers isolate associated factors including age, relationship status, location, and diagnosis.

A discourse analysis conducted by sociologists finds problematic assumptions and practices in the field of neurocriminology.

Study counters previous evidence supporting multisystemic therapy, finding adolescents are just as likely to have out-of-home placements when receiving multisystemic therapy versus management as usual.

Meta-analytic study detects upsurge in patterns of perfectionism in young adults and explores how neoliberalism contributes to this trend.

Allen Frances has claimed that "It's a great mistake to confuse bad behavior with mental illness." Yet two of the so-called mental illnesses (conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder) consist essentially of "bad" behavior, while in at least six others, "bad" behavior is an integral part of the problem.

One study indicates that pointed fingers incriminating youth for narcissism may be pointed in the wrong direction.

Audit of ECT usage, demographics, and adherence to guidelines and legislation raises concern over its continued use.

In a new report, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr. Dainius Pūras, calls for a move away from the biomedical model and “excessive use of psychotropic medicines.”

Meta-analytic study finds that psychodynamic therapy outcomes are equivalent to those of CBT and other empirically supported treatments.