The relationship between attachment styles and Cluster B personality disorders were examined among prisoners, forensic inpatients and controls from the general population. Forensic inpatients and prisoners reported significantly less frequently the secure attachment style (Relationship Questionnaire) and significantly more the fearful attachment style compared to the normal controls. Both foren...

Personality disorders have been documented in approximately 9 percent of the general U.S. population. Psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and brief interventions designed for use by family physicians can improve the health of patients with these disorders. Personality disorders are classified into clusters A, B, and C. Cluster A includes schizoid, schizotypal, and paranoid personality disorders. Cl...

In some cultures and religions, the removal of hair symbolises giving up of self, dedication or submission to a cause: becoming a monk or nun, for instance, or a kind of warrior. These days, it can also be just a fashion statement, or an indication of toughness with no philosophy or ethic attached – a concretisation of what is, or has been, symbolic. If you seek a particular identity, or are en...

BACKGROUND During the past decade studies have shown that Type D personality is associated with increased risk of cardiac events, mortality and poor quality of life. Some authors suggested that depression and Type D personality have substantial phenomenological overlap. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The sample consisted of non-consecutive case series of seventy nine patients with clinically stable and...

INTRODUCTION Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is a significant factor in describing the burden of illness and the impact of treatment in patients with gastrointestinal disease. Type D (distressed) personality is defined as the co-occurrence of negative affect and social inhibition. AIM To assess the prevalence of type D personality in patients with anal fissure and to investigate whether...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between Type D personality and illness perceptions among colorectal cancer survivors 1-10years post-diagnosis. METHODS Data from two population-based surveys on colorectal cancer survivors was used. Patients diagnosed between 1998 and 2009, as registered in the Eindhoven Cancer Registry, received a questionnaire on Type D personality (DS14) and illness per...

BACKGROUND Self-management and adequate consultation behaviour are essential for the successful treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF). Patients with a type-D personality, characterised by high social inhibition and negative affectivity, may delay medical consultation despite increased symptom levels and may be at an increased risk for adverse clinical outcomes. AIM To examine whether type-...