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Dependent personality features in a complex case of borderline personality disorder
Author(s) -
Nirestean Tudor,
Lukacs Emese,
Nirestean Aurel,
Gabos Grecu Iosif
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
personality and mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1932-863X
pISSN - 1932-8621
DOI - 10.1002/pmh.1360
Subject(s) - personality pathology , psychology , borderline personality disorder , personality disorders , sadistic personality disorder , personality , psychopathology , pathological , mood , psychological intervention , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , mood disorders , psychiatry , anxiety , medicine , psychoanalysis , pathology
Borderline personality disorder is a complex disease model as it encompasses a diversity of pathological personality traits and psychopathological symptoms. It is not surprising, therefore, that it is often manifested by personality disorders across all three clusters and accompanied by other mental (Axis I) disorders. This melange makes both psychological treatment and pharmacotherapy especially challenging, and this paper describes the case of a particularly complex case of a 33‐year‐old Romanian patient, who has a history of severe deprivation in childhood, mood and substance use disorder in association with borderline pathology. In the course of treatment from many sources and interventions, it has become clear that dependence is a key component of the pathology and has been rewarded with a degree of success in management. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.