L'approccio integrato antipsicotici-psicoterapia nel trattamento del disturbo Borderline di personalità

CLINICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP AND ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT

PATIENT'S ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT IS STRONGLY RELATED TO CLINICIAN'S ABILITY.ROLE OF EMPATHY, OF COMMUNICATION'S SKILLS ARE NOT INVESTIGATED ENOUGH, EVEN IF ACCORDING TO PATIENT'S OPINION THESE ABILITY ARE MORE IMPORTANT OF TECHNICAL SKILLS.

PREVALENCE OF BULLYING AMONGST FIRST-EPISODE PSYCHOSIS PATIENTS AND UNAFFECTED CONTROLS

Background:Despite increasing evidence suggesting that childhood mal-treatment is significantly associated with psychotic disorders, the role ofbullying in the later development of psychosis is still controversial (Kelle-her et al., 2008, Arseneault et al., 2011). Therefore, this study examinedthe prevalence of bullying amongst first-episode psychosis patients andunaffected controlsMethods:Data were collected from 227 first-presentation psychosis casesand 215 geographically-matched controls. Bullying was assessed as partof the Brief Life Events schedule. Patients and controls were shown acard listing 10 adverse events, including “bullying”, “sexual abuse”, “beingexpelled from school”, and a…