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I disturbi del narcisismo / A cura di Ronningstam E.F.
No full textIn questo volume Elsa Ronningstam ha raccolto contributi di importanti clinici e ricercatori internazionali sul tema del narcisismo. I disturbi del narcisismo vengono affrontati in relazione all'abuso di sostanze, alle patologie psicosomatiche, alle esperienze traumatiche, all'adolescenza, alle cure psichiatriche, alla terapia di coppia
Prefazione al Volume "La personalità narcisistica: verso una comprensione clinica integrata" di Elsa Ronningstam
No full textCon la prefazione al volume dell'autrice si intende descrivere sia l'impianto generale del volume, sia enucleare i principali temi originali che l'autrice del volume presenta in merito al dibattito internazionale sul disturbo narcisistico. Viene a tal proposito indicata la linea di discussione che permette di confrontare la sintesi dell'autrice sulla clinica del narcisismo con i principali contributi clinici e di ricerca a livello internazionale.The preface aims at describing both the general outline of the volume and identifying the original contribution developed by the author of the volume to the international debate on narcissistic disorders. The argument allowing to confont the author's synthesis on the clinical aspects of narcissism with the current international clinical and empirical contributions is presented
The road from pathological narcissism to suicidality in adolescence: an empirical study
No full textLa ricerca clinica ed empirica ha evidenziato un nesso complesso fra il narcisismo patologico e il processo suicidario in età adulta. Data la rilevanza della sucidarietà e delle peculiari vicissitudini narcisistiche per l'adolescenza, la ricerca si propone di investigare la relazione fra narcisismo patologico nella una prospettiva multi-dimensionale dell'Intervista Diagnostica per il Narcisismo (DIN) and l'ideazione e le condotte suicidarie in un campione di adolescenti italiani. Metodi: a103 adolescenti italiani maschi e femmine fra i 12 e i 18 anni sono stati somministrati la DIN, la SCID II, CSSRS e la Kiddie-SADS con un follow-up a sei mesi. Risultati: le correlazioni il t-test e le analisi di regressione multipla hanno evidenziato l'associazione degli stati affettivi e dell'umore narcisistici sia con l'ideazione che con la letalità delle condotte. L'incremento nella dimensione della grandiosità è associata al passaggio a gesti suicidari ad elevata letalità potenziale. Conclusioni: l'ideazione e le condotte suicidarie sembrano assolvere alla funzione di restaurazione del senso di controllo e dell'autostima negli individui narcisistici che sperimentano uno stato di disregolazione affettiva. Il funzionamento narcisistico patologico sembra giocare un ruolo importante nel processo sucidario adolescenziale esattamente come in età adulta. L'assessment del funzionamento narcisistico adolescenziale può fornire delle utili indicazioni nella comprensione e gestione del rischio suicidario in questa fase di vita.Background: Clinical and empirical research evidenced a complex link between pathological narcissism and the suicidal process in adulthood. Given the relevance of suicidality and the peculiar narcissistic vicissitudes of adolescence, the proposed research investigated the relationship between pathological narcissism analyzed from the multi-dimensional perspective of the Diagnostic Interview for Narcissism (DIN) and suicidal ideation conducted in a sample of Italian Adolescents. Methods: One hundred and three Italian male and female adolescents between 12 and 18 were administered the DIN, SCIDII, CSSRS, and Kiddie-SADS with six months follow-up. Results: The correlation, t-test, multiple regression analyses evidenced the association of narcissistic affective states and mood with both suicidal ideation and lethality of conduct. The increase in the dimension of grandiosity is associated with the passage to potentially highly lethal suicidal gestures. Conclu-sions: Suicidal ideation and conduct seem to serve the function of restoring a sense of control and self-esteem in narcissistic individuals experiencing a state of affective dysregulation. Narcissistic pathological functioning seems to play an important role in the adolescent suicidal process, quite like adulthood. Assessing an adolescent’s narcissistic functioning may provide useful clinical information in understanding and managing the suicidal risk in this phase of life
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Predicting suicide in adolescence: Mood disorders, personality pathology and narcissistic functioning
No full textPredicting suicide in adolescence: Mood disorders, personality pathology and narcissistic functioning Riccardo Williams (Dynamic & Clinical Psychology, Rome, Italy) M. P. Casini, G. Serra, C. Frattini, S. Vicari, E. Ronningstam
Objective
This study has 4 objectives: a) To verify whether the mood disorders/traits have a differential predictive role with respect to three clinical groups of adolescents: Suicidal Ideation, NSSI with suicidal ideation, Suicidal attempts. b) To verify whether the categorical and dimensional traits of personality pathology have a differential predictive role with respect to three clinical groups of adolescents: Suicidal Ideation, NSSI with suicidal ideation, Suicidal attempts. c) To verify whether the dinensions of pathological narcissism have a differential predictive role with respect to three clinical groups of adolescents: Suicidal Ideation, NSSI with suicidal ideation, suicidal attempts. d) To verify whether mood conditions, personality pathology, narcissistic functioning discriminate between the motivations sustaining sucidal ideations and behaviors.
Methods
Sample
A sample of 40 adolescents referred at the Adolescent Psychiatric In-Patient and Mood Disorders Units of the Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù of Rome have been recruited with the method of subsequent admissions. Adolescents presenting a QI below 90, a generalized developmental disorder have been excluded from the study.
Instruments
a) Assessment of suicidal ideation and conducts: - Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSRS): - The Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory (DSHI);
b) Assessment of the presence of categorical and dimensional symptoms of mood disorders (and other relevant psychopathological conditions): - Kiddie-SADS PL: clinician’s assessment of diagnosis for Axis I Disorders - Kiddie SADS Mania Rating Scale (K-SADS-MRS): - Child Depression Rating Scale Revised (CDRS-R):
c) Categorical and dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology - SCID II (DSM5-version): questionnaire and interview for personality disorders diagnosis (both categorical and dimensional- number of symptoms measures will be considered). - Diagnostic Interview for Narcissism (DIN)
Results
Borderline Personality Disorder presents a significant association with suicidal attempts. The narcissistic dimension presented significant associations with suicidal ideation and conducts.
Conclusion
In order to predict suicidal conducts in adolescence, several factors should be taken into consideration with a specific role to be attributed to narcissistic functioning typical of this developmental stag
STUDIES OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE IN RECOGNITION OF ISSPD'S 25 ANNIVERSARY
No full textDispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Author, publisher and bookseller : a tripartite synergy in Nigerian book industry
No full textThis work is about the roles of Author, Publisher and Bookseller in Book development in
Nigeria. The paper started by delving into the history of Book Publishing in Nigeria after
which it proceeded by defining who an author, a publisher, and a bookseller is and
expatiated on the indispensable roles of these key actors in Nigerian Book Industry and in
the emerging Information Society. Furthermore, the various constraints to book
development were identified while the paper advised on how the Book Industry can be
further promoted in Nigeria. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations
on how the Book sector can help in enhancing scholarship in the country
[Report to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author #2]
No full textReport to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author. The report contains a list of officers who gave depositions to the United States Attorney
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