The diagnosis that should speak its name: why it is ethically right to diagnose and treat personality disorder during adolescence

J Hutsebaut, SL Clarke, AM Chanen - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Although national guidelines explicitly state that personality disorder can be diagnosed and
treated in young people aged 12 to 18 years (adolescents), most clinicians remain hesitant …

The Relevance of Generalist Approaches to Early Intervention for Personality Disorder

K Boone, L Choi-Kain, C Sharp - American Journal of …, 2024 - psychiatryonline.org
Significant gains have been made in the treatment of personality disorder among young
people. However, effect sizes for evidence-based treatments have been modest, and …

Prospective prediction of treatment outcomes in adolescents: A head-to-head comparison of alternative model for personality disorder versus borderline personality …

C Sharp, P Kulesz, S Kerr - Personality Disorders: Theory …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Despite substantial evidence in support of the alternative model for personality disorder
(AMPD) that has accumulated over the last decade, a gap remains in terms of head-to-head …

Commentary: Commentary on the Twitter comments evoked by the May 2022 debate on diagnosing personality disorders in adolescents

M Cavelti, C Sharp, AM Chanen… - Child and Adolescent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The debate about the value and utility of personality disorder (PD) diagnosis in adolescence
published in the May 2022 issue of CAMH generated fervent Twitter discussion. This …

Clinical cut-off scores for the Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children to differentiate among adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder, other …

T Gecha, V McLaren, C Sharp - Borderline Personality Disorder and …, 2024 - Springer
Background Despite being one of the most popular measures of borderline pathology in
adolescents, only one study has evaluated clinical cut-off scores for the Borderline …

Bringing personality disorder in from the cold: Why personality disorder is a fundamental concern for youth mental health

AM Chanen - Australasian Psychiatry, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Personality disorder (PD) has its peak incidence between puberty and young
adulthood. By any measure, it is among the most severe mental health problems occurring …

Maternal Borderline Personality Disorder Severity and Parenting Behaviors During Conflict Discussions With Adolescent Offspring

S Kerr, BR Cervantes, S Stepp… - Journal of Personality …, 2024 - Guilford Press
Examining the impact of maternal borderline personality disorder (BPD) on parent-child
interactions could elucidate pathways of intergenerational risk and inform intervention. The …

The BRIDGE project: a feasibility randomised controlled trial of brief, intensive assessment and integrated formulation for young people (age 14-24) with features of …

R Gajwani, F Sim, K McAllister, H Smith… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder that is
characterised by a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image …

[HTML][HTML] Psychopathology and psychosocial functioning among young people with first-episode psychosis and/or first-presentation borderline personality disorder

AM Chanen, R Kerslake, FA Berubé, K Nicol… - Schizophrenia …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background One in five young people with first-episode psychosis (FEP) also presents with
borderline personality disorder (BPD) features. Among people diagnosed with BPD, auditory …

Clinical profiles of adolescent personality pathology: a latent structure examination of the Semi-Structured Interview for Personality Functioning DSM-5 (STiP-5.1) in a …

M Thomson, M Cavelti, S Lerch, J Koenig… - … Personality Disorder and …, 2024 - Springer
Background Despite the introduction of dimensional conceptualisations of personality
functioning in the latest classification systems, such as Criterion A of the Alternative Model of …