Open AccessPersonality disorders
Author(s) -
Angela K. Mazer,
Brisa Burgos D. Macedo,
Mário Francisco Juruena
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
medicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2176-7262
pISSN - 0076-6046
DOI - 10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v50isupl1.p85-97
Subject(s) - personality disorders , personality , comorbidity , mental health , psychology , chinese classification of mental disorders , public health , psychiatry , health care , clinical psychology , borderline personality disorder , epidemiology , medicine , sadistic personality disorder , social psychology , nursing , economics , economic growth
Personality disorders are psychological patterns of difficult diagnosis that require careful evaluations from mental health professionals. The physician-patient relationship is a crucial condition for the management of these disorders. On this view it must be important guide undergraduate students from health care areas through the existence of such a category of disorders. This article consists of a descriptive review aiming at clarifying the definition of personality disorders; furthermore discuss historical, physiological and epidemiological aspects. On this publication will be reviewed some particularities from diagnostic comorbidity, course and treatment of these disorders. The management of individuals with borderline personality disorder will be emphasized in this publication due to increased seek from this public for mental health care units