Paranoid Personality Research Articles

Impairments in Cognitive and Emotional Empathy as Markers of General versus Specific Personality Pathology

Introduction: The alternative model for personality disorders (AMPD) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – 5th edition (DSM-5) considers impairments in empathy a basic feature of personality disorders (PDs). In contrast, the AMPD pathological personality trait model and the categorical DSM-5 Section II PD model associate deficits in empathy to specific forms of personality pathology. The present study investigated to what extent impairments in cognitive and emotional empathy are markers of general versus specific personality pathology. Methods: In a clinical sample (n = 119), the Multifaceted Empathy Test was used to assess cognitive empathy, emotional empathy for positive emotions, and emotional empathy for negative emotions. Personality functioning, pathological personality traits, and DSM-5 Section II PDs were assessed via interviews and self-reports. Confirmatory factor analyses were applied to associate the three empathy facets with the three personality pathology approaches, each modeled with general personality pathology (common factor) and specific personality pathology (residuals of indicators). Results: Impairments in cognitive empathy and emotional empathy for positive emotions were significantly correlated with general personality pathology. All three empathy facets were also correlated to specific personality pathology when controlling for general personality pathology, respectively. Impairments in cognitive empathy were incrementally associated with identity and empathy (personality functioning), psychoticism (pathological personality traits), and paranoid and dependent PD (DSM-5 Section II PDs). Deficits in emotional empathy for positive emotions were incrementally associated with self-direction and intimacy (personality functioning) and detachment (pathological personality traits). Impairments in emotional empathy for negative emotions were incrementally associated with antagonism (pathological personality traits) and antisocial PD (DSM-5 Section II PDs). Conclusion: The results suggest that impairments in cognitive empathy and emotional empathy for positive emotions, but not for negative emotions, are markers of general personality pathology, while deficits in the three empathy facets are also markers for specific personality pathology.

The Effect of Psychological Disease Portrayals in TV Series on Internet Searches: A Google Trends Based Analysis

This study suggests that TV series about psychology will significantly trigger internet search interest in mental health. The study observed public digital interest of psychiatric disorders represented in TV series through Google Trends, a public database between 2019-2021. The present study explored the social impact of two TV series based on real stories and focused on psychological analysis. These serials were adapted from the novel Madalyonun İçi (2004). Kırmızı Oda (2020- ) exhibits the processes of psychotherapy, and Masumlar Apartmanı (2020- ) narrates the daily lives of individuals with psychiatric disorders. The terms searched in Google Trends such as “paranoid personality disorder,” “Cotard syndrome,” “panic attack,” “major depression,” “obsessive compulsive disorder,” “enuresis,” “disposophobia,” and “borderline personality disorder” were peaked about the story of these TV series. The findings showed that TV shows spurred substantial rises in internet searches of various social problems, such as psychiatric disorders.

In search of hidden threats: A scoping review on paranoid presentations in personality disorders.

Recent diagnostic developments suggest that paranoia is a transdiagnostic characteristic common to several personality disorders rather than a personality disorder per se. Nonetheless, empirical literature fails to provide comprehensive and univocal findings on whether and how paranoid presentations relate to different personality disorders. In the present scoping review, we map the empirical literature on paranoid presentations in personality disorders, considering the entire spectrum of paranoid manifestations (i.e., the paranoia hierarchy). In selecting original quantitative studies on paranoid presentations in personality-disordered patients, we screened 4,433 records in PsycArticles, PsycInfo and PUBMED. We eventually included 47 eligible studies in the review. Our synthesis indicates consistent empirical evidence of a wide range of paranoid presentations in Paranoid, Schizotypal and Borderline personality disorders. Conversely, little empirical literature exists on paranoid presentations in other personality disorders. Preliminary findings suggest broad-severity paranoid presentations, ranging from milder to severe forms, in Paranoid, Schizotypal and Borderline personality disorders. There is also some evidence of milder forms of paranoia in Avoidant, Antisocial and Narcissistic personality disorders. Conversely, there is poor evidence of paranoid presentations in Schizoid, Histrionic, Dependent or Obsessive-compulsive personality disorders. Research gaps and recommendations for improving empirical research on paranoid presentations in personality disorders are discussed.

Prevalence and Effectiveness of Super-Natural Healing among Mental Disorders

The study attempted to investigate prevalence and effectiveness of super-natural healing for possible Mental Disorders. The study focused on the spiritual healing practices which are widely spread across Pakistan. The patients were asked for their symptoms, incidence and onset of symptoms, severity and intensity of symptoms and recurrence. On the basis of which, the patients were diagnosed according to DSM-V, the latest edition of APA. The result showed that patients were suffering from psychological problems. The patients needed to seek psychological help but they were not aware of this fact. It’s easy for them to join the traditional spiritual healers. After the results, it was analyzed that, the most commonly prevalent disorder among patients namely; paranoid personality disorder Rating 80%, somatic symptom disorder rating 30% prevailing, brief psychotic and Persistent Depressive disorders are prevailing 20%, others mental disorders including, Other specified disruptive impulse control conduct disorder, Unspecified delusions, Generalized Anxiety Disorder ,Major depressive disorder, Female sexual interest/arousal disorder-lifelong, generalized, moderate, Conversion disorder, with special sensory symptom, Persistent, with psychological stressor and Unspecified sexual disorder are rating as 10% prevailing among these cases. The researcher also has concluded that people who were frequently joined spiritual healers they mostly belonged to lower class families and middle class as well but rate of lower class is high as compared to middle class.

Replication of the associations of positive, negative, and disorganized schizotypy with interview-assessed symptoms and impairment: Convergence with previous studies.

Schizophrenia-spectrum psychopathology appears best understood as being expressed across a continuum of clinical and subclinical symptoms and impairment referred to as schizotypy. This brief report describes a comprehensive replication study examining the associations of positive, negative, and disorganized schizotypy with interview ratings of impairment, psychopathology, and personality pathology in a sample of 161 young adults. Consistent with past studies, positive, negative, and disorganized schizotypy had distinct and hypothesized associations with symptoms and impairment. Positive schizotypy was associated with prodromal symptoms and schizotypal, paranoid, and borderline personality traits. Negative schizotypy was associated with impaired functioning, negative symptoms, and schizoid, schizotypal, and paranoid traits, as well as any broad personality disorder diagnosis; it was also associated with never having dated. Disorganized schizotypy was associated with impaired functioning, disorganized schizotypic experiences, attentional deficits, and schizotypal, paranoid, borderline, and avoidant personality traits, as well as depression. Overall, we successfully replicated findings from five previous schizotypy interview studies, supporting the construct validity of the multidimensional model of schizotypy and the Multidimensional Schizotypy Scale. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Moral injury in psychiatric patients with personality and other clinical disorders: development, psychometric properties, and validity of the Moral Injury Events Scale–Civilian Version

ABSTRACT Background: Moral injury emerges when someone perpetrates, fails to prevent, or witnesses acts that violate their own moral or ethical code. Nash et al. [(2013). Psychometric evaluation of the moral injury events scale. Military Medicine, 178(6), 646–652] developed a short measure, the Moral Injury Events Scale (MIES) to facilitate the empirical study of moral injury in the military. Our study aimed to develop a civilian version of the measure (MIES–CV) and examine its psychometric properties in a sample of psychiatric inpatients . Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the sample comprised 240 adult patients (71.7% female) with a mean age of 31.57 (SD = 11.69). The most common diagnoses in the sample were anxiety disorders (58.3%), depressive disorders (53.8%), and borderline personality disorder (39.6%). Participants were diagnosed using structured clinical interviews and filled out psychological questionnaires. Results: Exploratory factor analysis suggested that Nash et al.’s model (Perceived Transgressions, Perceived Betrayals) represents the data well. This two-factor solution showed an excellent fit in the confirmatory factor analysis, as well. Meaningful associations were observed between moral injury and psychopathology dimensions, shame, reflective functioning, well-being, and resilience. The Perceived Betrayals factor was a significant predictor of bipolar disorders, PTSD, paranoid personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and avoidant personality disorder. Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that this broad version of the MIES is a valid measure of moral injury that can be applied to psychiatric patients.

Bipolar bozuklukta önceki yanlış tanıların sıklığı

Background: As much there have been limited number of studies which have examined misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder, it is so difficult to say that there are enough systematic research to identify the diagnostic rate of bipolar disorder. On the other hand, we did not find any research in Turkey. For this reason, we wondered what is situation in our country in terms of misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. Methods: The present study was done at xxx University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Patients who were from both out-patient and in-patient clinics were included in the study. After a selection process, 171 patients with bipolar disorder were enrolled. In this group of patients, misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder were investigated. Results: 56.14 percent of patients had misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. The most frequent misdiagnosis was fetermined to be major depressive disorder (in fifty cases, 54.3%). Followings were schizoaffective disorder (in eighteen cases, 24.3%), schizophrenia (in thirteen patients, 24.3%), delusional disorder (in thirteen patients, 24.3%), dysthymic disorder (in ten cases, 15.9%), generalized anxiety disorder ((in ten cases, 15.9%), obsessive compulsive disorder (in seven cases, 12.6%), paranoid personality disorder (in two cases, 4.1%). Conclusions: The results of the study suggest that bipolar disorder is frequently misdiagnosed one and that the most frequent misdagnoses were majör depressive disorder and following psychotic spectrum disorders. Clinicians should be aware of frequent misdiagnosis in patients with bipolar disorder.

Examination of the Differences in Licensed Athletes’ Personal Beliefs in Relation to Some Socio-demographic Characteristics

Objective: This study was carried out to examine the personality beliefs of licensed athletes according to sports branch, type of sport and gender. In addition, it is aimed to make some contributions to the literature since personality beliefs in athletes have not been studied before. Methods: This study was conducted by using the survey model. The study group consisted of 154 licensed athletes aged 15 and over. A Personal Information Form and the Personality Belief Scale Short Form were used to collect data in the study. SPSS 22.0 package program was used in the analysis of the data. Results and Suggestions: When the personality beliefs of licensed athletes were examined according to the sports branch variable, no significant difference was found in the sub-dimensions of schizoid, paranoid and antisocial personality beliefs. Narcissistic, histrionic, and borderline sub-dimensions scores were found to vary significantly. When examined according to the variables of doing team sports or individual sports, no significant difference was found between these two groups in all the personality belief sub-dimensions. When examined according to the gender variable, only the obsessive/compulsive subscale scores were found to vary significantly depending on gender in favour of the male athletes. Comparing personality beliefs with those who do not do sports can be useful in determining whether doing sports is effective in personality beliefs. Examining the personality beliefs of athletes according to their success can contribute to the field of sports and exercise psychology.

Substance Use Disorder, Alexithymia, and Personality Disorders, What is the Link? Pilot African Study

Alexithymia and personality disorders are common in substance use (SUD) patients. This association remains understudied and is considered to hurt the course and management of substance use disorder patients.<strong> </strong>To determine the prevalence of personality disorders (PD) and alexithymia in addiction care patients. Besides, we targeted investigating a possible link between alexithymia, different personality disorders and clinical aspects of substance use disorder including severity. This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Addictology Center of the university hospital of Fez. We recruited 54 patients with a confirmed substance use disorder according to the DSM 5 criteria. We used the psychometric scales of alexithymia (TAS-20) and the personality assessment scale (PDQ-4+). The average age of our sample was 27.07 ± 8.22. The percentage of poly-consumers of psychoactive substances was around 93%. The alexithymia patients constituted 48% of the sample. We found a significant association between alexithymia and the severity of SUD p-value of 0.033. Alexithymia appeared to be significantly associated with ‘Cluster A’ of personality disorders p-value of 0.013 and more specifically with paranoid personality disorder p-value of 0.022. The mean PDQ-4+ score was significantly higher in the alexithymia group of patients (TAS-20 score ≥62) p-value of 0.047. 89% reported at least one specific personality disorder. Our results showed a significant association between the presence of a specific personality disorder and the existence of a severe substance use disorder p-value of 0.01. We also found that ‘Cluster A’ of personality disorder diagnoses are significantly frequent within the severe subgroup of SUD p-value of 0.042. Our study suggested an overrepresentation of alexithymia and personality disorders in patients followed for SUD. It showed a direct link between alexithymia and personality disorder on the one hand, and the severity of the substance use disorder on the other. Extensive studies are required to fully elucidate the weight of alexithymia in SUD and PD. Such investigations would improve the therapeutical approach and the outcome.

Mental Health Literacy about Personality Disorders: A Multicultural Study.

Mental health literacy (MHL) refers to lay people's knowledge and beliefs about the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. The current study aimed at investigating MHL regarding personality disorders (PDs) multiculturally, comparing Turkish and Italian populations. In total, 262 participants responded to an online vignette identification task that required them to label the PDs of seven hypothetical subjects and rate various dimensions of their disorders. Narcissistic (25%), obsessive-compulsive (13%), and paranoid (12%) PDs were the most correctly labeled, while the average accuracy values for other PDs were below 0.04%. Compared to Turkish participants, Italian participants were more accurate in labeling narcissistic PD. Additionally, of the seven PDs, narcissistic PD was associated with the most happiness and success at work. Subjects with borderline and avoidant PDs were the most recognized as having psychological problems (>90%), yet their PDs were among the least correctly identified. Overall, participants from both cultures were generally successful at recognizing the presence of a mental illness, but they rarely labeled it correctly. Only limited cultural differences emerged. The present findings may inform the design of outreach programs to promote MHL regarding PDs, thereby facilitating early recognition of PDs and help-seeking behaviors for affected individuals.

Paranoid personality type: Relationships with the surroundings

The relevance of the study lies in the fact that the transience of changes in the social surrounding requires dynamism and competitiveness from a person, which forces the individual to actively transform the emotional regulation of behaviour, in particular in communication and relationships. However, the adaptive capabilities of a person who is characterised by increased sensitivity to frustration and persistent distrust of others can be considerably limited, and therefore maintaining the mental health of people at risk has become an urgent issue. The purpose of the study is to determine the basis on which character anomalies are formed, to uncover the cause-and-effect relationships in the issue of the development of mental disorders, and to identify possible ways to overcome complications in relationships with the surroundings caused by disturbances in mental activity. At the core of the theoretical and methodological approach lies the combination of methods involving structural-functional analysis of the issue of forming a paranoid personality type and an analytical investigation of the psychological support methods for neuro-mental disorders that affect individual behavioural self-regulation. The empirical basis of the study is questionnaires and diagnostics of the mental states of people prone to personality disorders. The paper clarifies the causes and features of the development of paranoid mental anomalies and the possibilities of prevention and correction of such mental disorders. The presented results reflect the problem of the adaptive capabilities of people with congenital or acquired pathological conditions of the psyche. The paper covers the issues of interaction with the paranoid personality type socially. The most popular concepts of providing psychological assistance are considered. The correctness of the assumption that it is much more difficult for people with a paranoid personality type to cope with frustration and adapt to society is analysed. The results obtained are of practical value for social workers who are engaged in identifying mental health disorders of people at risk and predicting deviant behavioural responses, for practical psychologists who support people with a paranoid personality type, in particular through psychotherapy.

Cluster B Personality Disorder, Treatment, Comorbidity and Stigma

Schizoid, paranoid, and schizotypal personality disorders are examples of unusual or eccentrictraits shared by Cluster A. Antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders all fall under the category of cluster B personality disorders. Cluster B personality disorders, such as antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and performance personality disorder, will be the focus of this paper. The problems encountered in treating the disorders are investigated by comparing the similarities and co-morbidity of Cluster B personality disorders in parallel. Highlighted how people with personality disorders can be stigmatized in their lives and therapy. Elaborated on the negative impact of stigma on treating Cluster B personality disorder and how to counteract stigma. Through discussing this kind of personality disorders, we can put forward a scientific basis for how to prevent personality disorders in the future.

Examining readmission factors in psychiatric emergency care for individuals with personality disorders: A 6-year retrospective study.

People with personality disorders (PDs) are often admitted to psychiatric emergency services due to the frequent repetition of acute crises. This study drew on the ICD diagnostic records of 2,634 individuals with PDs who were admitted to a specialized inpatient psychiatric crisis unit over a 6-year period. Multiple logistic regressions and survival regressions were performed to examine whether PD categories, gender, and other individual, interpersonal, and precipitating factors were associated with readmission and time-to-readmission. The results showed a 16.1% readmission rate. Of these, 99.5% of readmissions occurred within 4 years following the first admission. Gender was the main factor associated with both readmission and time-to-readmission: while men were readmitted faster, more women in total were readmitted for a second psychiatric emergency hospitalization. Findings also indicated that readmission rate and time-to-readmission differed following the category of PD: readmission rate in a ratio of 1-2 (from 8% to 10% for dissocial and paranoid PD up to 19%-21% for impulsive and borderline PD), and time-to-readmission in a ratio of 1-5 (from 1 month for anankastic and dependent, to 5 months for impulsive, histrionic and anxious-avoidant PD). Limitations of this naturalistic study include a lack of self-reported measures and generalizability to less specialized emergency settings. Future research should include a prospective longitudinal design using standardized scalable measurement tools to improve the completeness and accuracy of the data concerning the psychological processes involved in risk and time-to-readmission after brief hospitalizations in emergency psychiatry. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

A hybrid approach based on linguistic analysis and fuzzy logic to ensure the surveillance of people having paranoid personality disorder towards Covid-19 on social media

This paper presents a supervised learning method for paranoid detection in French tweets. A classifier uses four groups of features (textual, linguistic, meta-data, timeline) that exploit a hybrid approach. This approach uses information obtained from the text of tweets by applying Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to analyse them, such as morphological analysis, syntactic analysis and sentence embedding. Thus, information about the user such as the number of followers and the number of shared posts. Besides, information about tweets such as the number of symbols and the number of hashtags. Moreover, information about the publication date of tweets such as the number of postings in the morning. Finally, statistical techniques to combine and filter the different types of features extracted from the previous steps in order to calculate the distance between the training corpus (the labelled data) and the test corpus (unlabelled data). In addition, the state mentioned statistical techniques are used for detecting the writing style of patients. In general, our method benefits from different types of features and preserves the principle of relativity by taking advantage of fuzzy logic. Our results are encouraging with an accuracy of 78% for the detection of paranoid people and 70% for the detection of the behaviour of these people towards Covid-19.

Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of intensive mindfulness and yoga on prisoners with personality disorders: A randomised controlled preliminary study

This study was the first to test the feasibility of mind-body interventions with a randomised control research design in a sample that contains all ten types of personality disorders, and the first to provide a preliminary evaluation of responses using a combination of psychological, genomic, neural, and behavioural measures. Thirty prisoners with personality disorders were recruited within a clinical unit of a high security prison and assigned to a mindfulness intervention (n=10), a yoga intervention (n=10), or a wait-list control group (n=10). Both mindfulness and yoga interventions were held simultaneously and lasted three hours per day on five consecutive days. At baseline and after the intervention, we measured inflammation-related gene expression through venous blood; attention with a cognitive task; event-related potentials (ERPs) with EEG; and stress, emotion regulation and mindfulness with questionnaires. Here we show that recruitment and dropout rates were satisfactory, and data collection was successful despite its length and complexity. The only exception were blood samples where 60% of participants refused to give blood, but this was expected because 47% of recruited participants had a diagnosis of paranoid personality disorder. Unexpected difficulties occurred when participants did not fully adhere to randomisation procedures, and a riot took place during the final day of the interventions. This study was underpowered to detect changes on primary or secondary outcome measures, but despite that 80% of examined inflammation-related genes showed medium and large effect sizes suggesting this as an important outcome measure in future studies. Minor adjustments to the study design are necessary before a larger scale study can be conducted to precisely determine the effects of mindfulness and yoga as an additional treatment for prisoners with personality disorders.

Le potentiel thérapeutique du cannabidiol chez les sujets présentant un trouble du spectre psychotique : une revue systématique de la littérature sur les essais contrôlés randomisés

ObjectivesPsychotic disorders, particularly schizophrenia, are frequent psychiatric disorders and are difficult to treat with current pharmacological treatments. There is therefore a need to find new medications. In this systematic review, we study the therapeutic potential of cannabidiol in randomized controlled trials in subjects with a psychotic spectrum disorder. MethodsWe conducted a systematic review following the PRISMA Guidelines, on the subject between the date of inception of the databases and June 25th 2022 on PubMed, Google Scholar and Cochrane Library. Only randomized controlled trials (RCT) meeting the inclusion criteria were selected. The research equation was: “(cannabidiol OR CBD) AND (schizophrenia OR psychotic disorders OR Schizophreniform Disorder OR Schizoaffective Disorders OR Brief Reactive Psychoses OR prodromal states OR clinical high risk OR schizoid personality disorder OR schizotypal personality disorder OR paranoid personality disorder) AND (randomized controlled trial) AND (therapeutics OR symptoms) NOT (dronabinol) NOT (child)”. ResultsTen studies were included. We synthesize data in subjects with schizophrenia, UHR or related psychotic disorder, of the antipsychotic action of cannabidiol on clinical symptoms (PANSS), the action of cannabidiol on cognition and global functioning, its tolerance and side effects, and finally the action of cannabidiol on cerebral areas or cortisol in subjects at Ultra high risk of psychotic transition during experimental tasks. We highlight heterogeneous results, due to the variability of doses and durations of treatments. The antipsychotic action of CBD is observed for doses higher than 600mg. Cannabidiol moderates the modifications of activations of the cerebral areas in subjects at ultra-high risk of psychotic transitions compared to healthy subjects. Concerning cognition, cannabidiol is inefficient for doses lower than 1000mg and in the short term. Regarding tolerance and side effects, cannabidiol was well tolerated with very few side effects (which seem to be limited to sedation and gastrointestinal disorders). ConclusionsThis work has highlighted heterogeneous results that indicate a limited effectiveness of cannabidiol in psychosis spectrum diseases and schizophrenia, requiring more randomized controlled trials to conclude.

General Overview of Paranoid Personality Disorder

This paper is an overview of paranoid personality disorder (PPD) and will include its etiology through the aspect of biological and psychological, symptoms, impacts, and treatments. In the discussion following, the paper will mention personality disorders and pretend to a general understanding of PPD. Then, the paper will list and briefly explain the symptoms of PPD, provide a general discussion of the causes, and explain how these symptoms affect the cognition of PPD patients, resulting in different levels of impact on themselves and their related groups. In the end, this paper will explain the possible challenges of treatment and present several common and reliable treatment practices for treating PPD. All in all, this paper enables readers to gain more insight into a paranoid personality disorder, and when there are individuals diagnosed with PPD or with PPD tendencies around you, you can deal with it calmly, to avoid the negative impact on yourself and PPD patients to a great extent.

Social cohesion and artistic resources, Two Clinical cases.

IntroductionTwo emblematic clinical cases will be addressed in this poster. The purpose of the poster is to relate the aspect of how the artistic resources of psychiatric patients are useful to improve social cohesion.ObjectivesCorrelate psychotherapy work on superior defenses to social cohesion and clinical improvement.MethodsPsychopharmacotherapy. Psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy. Psychiatric rehabilitation.Social jutice idex (Schraad-Tishler, 2015) and BES (Istat 2015) as sources of social cohesion indicators.ResultsIn the first case we have a man with ciclotimic personality disorder and substace abuse with psicotic episodes. Previously, the patient underwent repeated hospitalizations . Once the therapeutic relationship was hooked up and introduced in addition to pharmacological treatment, a psychotherapy also aimed at activating personal resources, the patient began to take an interest in the activity of a street artist. Over time and with the improvement of this activity, aspects of social cohesion have been highlighted in the social context. Social relations both linked to work and affective activity, as well as friends; improvement of the economic situation both through the economic return of this activity and through associative loans linked to this activity; an improvement of social inclusion and non-discrimination in the cities where the artistic activities were carried out; the use of fixed environmental spaces where the activity can be carried out. These aspects have favored a recovery that has reached the complete economic independence of the patient, the establishment of a family unit of their own, the progressive remission of the toxicophilic relapses and therefore the psychotic imbalances they induce.In a second case, we have a 30-year-old patient with a severe depressive disorder, with narcissistic, paranoid and obsessive personality traits, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and with an artistic production both before and after the illness. In addition pharmacological therapy, the patient began psychotherapeutic interventions on the enhancement of superior defenses such as sublimation through artistic activity. So she began to rededicate herself to the artistic activity , she however progressively improved the recovery aspects for a long period of time up to living, working and emotional autonomy. During this path the aspects of social cohesion were also decisive, such an economic autonomy linked to the work activity of an employee in an art gallery, a progressive social inclusion, the conquest of spaces where you can exhibit your works and an increase in trust both towards the family and towards health workers and towards friends and work relationships.Image:Image 2:Image 3:ConclusionsIn this Clinical cases and others not reported exist correlation between psychotherapy work on superior defenses to social cohesion and clinical improvement.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared

Connectome-based predictive modeling predicts paranoid ideation in young men with paranoid personality disorder: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

Paranoid personality disorder (PPD), a mental disorder that affects interpersonal relationships and work, is frequently neglected during diagnosis and evaluation at the individual-level. This preliminary study aimed to investigate whether connectome-based predictive modeling (CPM) can predict paranoia scores of young men with PPD using whole-brain resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC). College students with paranoid tendencies were screened using paranoia scores ≥60 derived from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory; 18 participants were ultimately diagnosed with PPD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and subsequently underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Whole-brain rs-FC was constructed, and the ability of this rs-FC to predict paranoia scores was evaluated using CPM. The significance of the models was assessed using permutation tests. The model constructed based on the negative prediction network involving the limbic system-temporal lobe was observed to have significant predictive ability for paranoia scores, whereas the model constructed using the positive and combined prediction network had no significant predictive ability. In conclusion, using CPM, whole-brain rs-FC predicted the paranoia score of patients with PPD. The limbic system-temporal lobe FC pattern is expected to become an important neurological marker for evaluating paranoid ideation.

INCOG 2.0 Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury: What's Changed From 2014 to Now?

INCOG 2.0 Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury: What's Changed From 2014 to Now?