Personality Disorders News

Preexisting mood, anxiety and somatoform disorders were linked to an increased risk for bilateral oophorectomy over a 20-year period, even after confirmation of a nonmalignant diagnosis, according to results published in Menopause.

Results from a meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry support delay discounting — a type of decision-making tied to impulsivity — as a robust transdiagnostic process across many different psychiatric disorders.

Study findings published in PLOS Biology indicated that air pollution was significantly linked to increased risk for psychiatric disorders in the United States and Denmark.

Massachusetts General Hospital has been named the number one hospital for psychiatric care in America for 2019 to 2020, according to the U.S. News & World Report.

Clinicians should ask about affective instability when screening for borderline personality disorder, or BPD, in patients with major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder, according to findings from a report published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

In a Danish population-based cohort study of almost 6 million people, researchers found that individuals with any mental disorder were at increased risk for comorbid mental disorders.

Severe infections requiring hospitalization were linked to subsequent increased risk for hospitalization for any mental disorder and psychotropic medication use in Denmark, according to a nationwide cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Findings from a systematic review revealed a significant association between early childhood social adversity — including insecure attachment and adversity relating to neglect or abuse — and poorer social cognitive performance in participants with major psychiatric disorders.

Study findings revealed that females with borderline personality disorder may be at high risk for perimenstrual symptom exacerbation.

Cannabis, amphetamine and opioid use disorders were all associated with conversion from schizotypal disorder to schizophrenia, study findings published in JAMA Psychiatry revealed.