Current Psychiatry Reviews - Volume 13, Issue 3, 2017

Psicoanalisis Multifamiliar was created by Jorge Garcia Badaracco in Buenos Aires in the programme of some psychiatric hospitals in the middle of the last century (Badaracco, 2000): patients together with their families meet on a regular basis to foster their treatment. The author suggests the translation of «Psicoanalisis multifamiliar» into Multi Family Group Analysis. This kind of groups was introduced in Portugal by the author i Read More

Despite its psychoanalytic origins, the author situates the emergence of the therapeutic community within divergent traditions. He theorizes the therapeutic community as both a ‘place’ and a space at the centre of which is an absence (the un-conscious). This absence is the foundation of the Symbolic. The culture of each community is embodied in specific rituals and customs which represent the Law (Oedipus). And the positio Read More

Research has shown that hallucinations and delusions (characteristic of severe mental disorders) are relatively common. Many people in the general population will experience mild instances of such events at some point in their lives. However, for others, these are very disturbing events. Cognitive-behavioural models argue that these differences result from the interpretation of those same experiences. Therefore, cognitiv Read More

This article presents the emergent approach of personalized assessment in mental health care, which combines standardized patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) with individualized measures (I-PROMs). Each patient has a unique clinical condition, with a set of problems and presentations specific to his or her person and circumstances. I-PROMs inform clinicians about idiosyncratic problems that cannot be ca Read More

Background: In recent years, there have been significant advancements in understanding the etiology, assessment, and treatment of borderline personality disorder [BPD]. However, the influence of culture has not been carefully considered. The present review is an attempt to identify cultural factors that may change the presentation, assessment, and response to treatment among adults and adolescents with BPD. Dis Read More

The number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is expected to increase substantially in the near future. In the recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the terminology related to AD has shifted from “dementia” to major or mild “neurocognitive disorder”, emphasizing the cognitive impairment that occurs relatively early in the disease process. The concept of “mild neurocognitive Read More