BackgroundPsychiatric conditions in which symptoms arise involuntarily ('diseases') might
be assumed to be more heritable than those in which choices are essential (behavioral …

Community studies conducted over the past decade have greatly increased our knowledge
of the epidemiology of personality disorders. Here, we review the prevalence, distribution …

Das Buch ist ein praxisorientierter Leitfaden für die Behandlung von
Persönlichkeitsstörungen. Es wird ein psychologisches Modell von …

Experts in personality psychology and personality disorders have long emphasized the
pervasive and persistent detrimental impact of maladaptive personality traits on mental …

BACKGROUND: The serotonin transporter (SERT) polymorphism (5HTTLPR) has been
reported to be associated with several psychiatric conditions. Specific personality disorders …

Background Despite international guidelines describing psychotherapy as first choice for
people with personality disorders (PDs), well-designed research on the effectiveness and …

Objective So far, only a few studies have focused on psychotherapy for Dependent
Personality Disorder (DPD). DPD is marked by a repetitive pattern of efforts aiming at …

Panic disorder (PD) is often correlated with high neuroticism and low extraversion. This
study aims to ascertain whether PD patients differ from healthy controls in regard to …

Mood disorders such as depression are the most prevalent diseases amongst psychiatric
disorders and a leading cause for disability worldwide. Modelling mood disorders in animals …

Objective: In the present study, we compared social anxiety disorder (SAD) patients with (n=
31) and without childhood and adulthood separation anxiety disorder (SeAD)(n= 50) with …