Personality Disorders in Older Adults: Emerging Research Issues

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  van Alphen, S P J ^a,b   van Dijk, S D M ^c   Videler, A C ^d,f   Rossi, G ^a   Dierckx, E ^a   Bouckaert, F ^e   Voshaar, R C Oude ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Mondriaan Zorggroep   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Breburg Hospital   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Course; DSM 5; Late onset personality disorder; Older adults; Personality change due to another medical condition; Personality disorders; Prevalence; Psychotherapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DSM-5; DSM-IV; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHEMA THERAPY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS;

EID: 84912080880     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-014-0538-9     Document Type: Review

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