Personality disorders
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v50isupl1.p85-97Keywords:
Personality Disorders. Borderline Personality Disorder. Suicide. Physician-Patient RelationsAbstract
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 unitsDownloads
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2017-02-04
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Mazer AK, Macedo BBD, Juruena MF. Personality disorders. Medicina (Ribeirão Preto) [Internet]. 2017 Feb. 4 [cited 2024 Jun. 18];50(supl.1):85-97. Available from: https://journals.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/127542