Personality Disorders News

Effective early intervention for borderline personality disorder did not rely upon availability of BPD psychotherapy, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.

The number of psychiatrists who provided psychotherapy significantly declined between 1996 and 2016, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

Clinical and demographic factors should not be used as exclusion criteria when considering deep brain stimulation of the ventral anterior limb of the internal capsule for patients with refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Two separate efforts, both involving training and education interventions for health care workers, show promise in reducing stigma and improving care for patients with mental health conditions, data show.

People with severe mental illness in an Israeli public psychiatric hospital opted to be vaccinated against COVID-19 based on their opinion of the vaccine, not distress level, researchers wrote in a study published in Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation was well-tolerated among patients with borderline personality disorder and may improve some of their symptoms, according to results of a systematic review published in Psychiatry Research.

Groups with shorter fetal maturity at birth had slightly higher rates of multiple neuropsychiatric disorders while groups with the longest fetal maturity exhibited the lowest rates for most disorders.

Marine omega-3 fatty acids improved borderline personality disorder symptoms, according to results of a meta-analysis published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Borderline personality disorder diagnosis and related criteria of self-injurious behaviors and chronic emptiness significantly increased suicide attempt risk, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

Certain cognitive deficits in childhood were distinctively linked to different psychopathological symptoms among young people, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.