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Bipolar disorders and borderline personality disorders: Two sides, one coin
No full textBecause of their pervasiveness and comorbidity, bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorders represent a broad field of interest for scientific research. Several studies have pointed out that there are positive correlations: affective instability and impulsive behaviour could represent shared characteristics. To understand the relationship between the two disorders fully, the authors underline the importance of recovering the concept of affective temperament and the psychodynamic approach. Finally, we consider the effect of early traumatic experience
The continuum between bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder
No full textSeveral studies have been carried out regarding the possible overlap between bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder. Up to now, it is not possible to provide a definitive picture. In fact, there is currently significant debate about the relationship between borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder
Suicidal attempts among emergency department patients: one-year of clinical experience
No full textIntroduction: Suicidal ideation and attempts account for a significant number of Emergency Department visit and represent a major public and mental health problem. Suicide and suicide attempts are a major cause of death and morbidity worldwide
Comparison of assessment and management of suicidal risk for acute psychiatric assessment between two state sponsored hospitals in England and Italy
No full textThe risk of suicide is one of the most important risk factors looked into for acute psychiatric assessments that influences the management plan. The prevalence of suicide is on a rise across European countries; as a consequence, the different countries have created specific guidelines and policies in order to prevent suicides in the acute settings. These guidelines are based on both different cultural aspects as well as the different organization of the mental health system in the different countries. This paper wants to present the comparison between the guidelines of two European countries, England and Italy, in order to evaluate the systems, understand differences and common contact points. The different European countries could learn one from the other and a European shared point of view may be a way forward to create better understanding and preventing the risk of suicide across the population
"Revolving door" and Bipolar Disorders: a retrospective study in an acute inpatient unit
No full textThe present retrospective study investigated clinical correlates of the revolving door (RD) phenomenon in a population of subjects affected by Bipolar Disorders (BDs)
Bipolar disorder: The importance of clinical assessment in identifying prognostic factors - An audit. Part 3: A comparison between Italian and English mental health services and a survey of bipolar disorder
No full textPersonality and psychotic symptoms as predictors of self-harm and attempted suicide
No full textNonfatal suicidal behaviours (NSB), including suicide ideation, suicide plan and suicide attempt, constitute a serious problem for public healthcare services. Suicide gesture (SG) which refers to self-injurious behaviour with no intent to die, differs from NSB in a variety of important ways. The aim of this study was to investigate demographic and clinical characteristics of NSB and SG to examine whether self-injurers with intent to die differ significantly from self injurers without such intent
Effects of music on seizure frequency in institutionalized subjects with severe/profound intellectual disability and drug-resistant epilepsy
No full textApproximately one-third of patients with epilepsy continue to experience seizures despite adequate therapy with antiepileptic drugs. Drug-resistant epilepsy is even more frequent in subjects with intellectual disability. As a result, several non-pharmacological interventions have been proposed to improve quality of life in patients with intellectual disability and drug-resistant epilepsy. A number of studies have demonstrated that music can be effective at reducing seizures and epileptiform discharges. In particular, Mozart's sonata for two pianos in D major, K448, has been shown to decrease interictal EEG discharges and recurrence of clinical seizures in patients with intellectual disability and drug-resistant epilepsy as well. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of Mozart's music on seizure frequency in institutionalized epileptic subjects with profound/severe intellectual disability
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