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An investigation of different aspects of overgeneralization in patients with major depressive disorder and borderline personality disorder
- Authors:
- HEUVEL Thom J. van den, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 51(4), November 2012, pp.376-395.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Overgeneralisation (defined as unjustified generalisation on the basis of a single incident), is a prominent concept in cognitive theories of personality and depression. This study carried out in the Netherlands investigated whether it is restricted to negative attributions directed at the self or also extends to positive self-attributions and attributions of situations in the outside world. The study participants were 87 psychiatric patients (34 with major depressive disorder, 18 with borderline personality disorder, and 35 with both) and 50 never-depressed non-patients, who all completed various measures of overgeneralisation. The article describes the study background and methodology, and presents the results of data analysis. It reports that patient groups differ from non-patients with respect to negative and positive overgeneralisation, and that there is variation in positive or negative and direction of overgeneralisation among patients with major depressive disorder and borderline personality disorder. It suggests that these patients lack a buffer against negative overgeneralisation directed at the self, and discusses the implications of the study findings.
Personality disorder: attitudes, understanding and treatment
- Authors:
- GREEN Barrie, WOOD Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.11.04, 2004, pp.40-43.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at historical attitudes to personality disorder, sufferers from which are often stigmatised and dehumanised, and how understanding has developed in recent years, while legislation has failed to keep pace. Although often assumed to be untreatable, techniques that appear effective in helping such people integrate more successfully into society are summarised.
Special treatment
- Author:
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- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 14.1.98, 1998, pp.29-32.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Presents the views of a number of mental health practitioners on whether statutory mental health services should give priority to treating people with a personality disorder.
Attitudes towards patients with a diagnosis of 'borderline personality disorder': social rejection and dangerousness
- Author:
- MARKHAM Dominic
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 12(6), December 2003, pp.595-612.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Social stigma has long been associated with mental illness labels, however few studies have evaluated the labelling effects of the psychiatric diagnosis 'borderline personality disorder' (BPD). The aim was to evaluate the effects of the label BPD on staff attitudes and perceptions. Nursing staff completed questionnaires relating to three psychiatric label conditions; BPD, schizophrenia and depression. Measures of dangerousness, social distance, optimism for change and ratings of personal experiences were evaluated in a repeated measures factorial design, with staff qualification as the between-groups variable. Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMNs) expressed less social rejection towards patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and perceived them to be less dangerous than patients with a BPD label. Health Care Assistants (HCAs) made no such distinctions on these measures. Staff were least optimistic about patients with a BPD diagnosis and were more negative about their experience of working with this group compared to the other patient groups. Staff were least optimistic about patients with a BPD label and were more negative about their experience of working with this group. Only RMNs distinguished between those with a BPD and schizophrenia label on measures of dangerousness and social distance. Explanations, clinical practice and the broader implications relating to mental health legislation are explored.
A cognitive model of persecutory delusions
- Authors:
- FREEMAN Daniel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 41(4), November 2002, pp.331-347.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A multifactorial model of the formation and maintenance of persecutory delusions is presented. Persecutory delusions are conceptualized as threat beliefs. The beliefs are hypothesized to arise from a search for meaning for internal or external experiences that are unusual, anomalous, or emotionally significant for the individual. The persecutory explanations formed reflect an interaction between psychotic processes, pre-existing beliefs and personality (particularly emotion), and the environment. It is proposed that the delusions are maintained by processes that lead to the receipt of confirmatory evidence and processes that prevent the processing of disconfirmatory evidence. Novel features of the model include the (non-defended) direct roles given to emotion in delusion formation, the detailed consideration of both the content and form of delusions, and the hypotheses concerning the associated emotional distress.