Analisi comparativa dei profili di personalità di pazienti affetti da disturbo borderline e detenuti con diagnosi di disturbo antisociale di personalità ottenuti tramite l'MMPI-2.

Scopo. Nel disturbo borderline di personalità (DBP), i comportamenti violenti e aggressivi sono spesso presenti tanto che sarebbero un segnale prodromico del DBP e segnerebbero un'importante sovrapposizione con il disturbo antisociale di personalità (DAP). Nonostante le differenze cliniche tra i due quadri, tali sovrapposizioni potrebbero inficiare l'uso di strumenti di valutazione come il Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), tanto che alcuni autori hanno evidenziato come questo strumento, pur utile per individuare i soggetti con un disturbo di personalità, debba essere usato cautamente per differenziare tra DBP e DAP.

Personality Traits in Fibromyalgia (FM): Does FM Personality Exists? A Systematic Review.

Introduction: Fibromyalgia (FM) is the second most common rheumatic disease with many effects on patient's quality of life. It has been described as a chronic condition characterized by widespread musculo-skeletal pain, sleep disorders and prominent fatigue. Regarding the role of personality factors in fibromyalgia, researchers have focused both on personality traits and psychopathological aspects showing inconsistent results.

The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for Fathers: A contribution to the validation for an Italian sample.

Objective: The aims of the study are to contribute to the validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS; Cox et al., 1987) on a sample of Italian fathers (both men in the perinatal period than those with grown-up children) and to analyze its factorial structure.

Methods: Four hundred thirty-six fathers participated; specifically, we used two samples.

Cognitive Processes in ADHD and Asperger's Disorder: Overlaps and Differences in PASS Profiles.

Objective: Many studies report on the usefulness of the evaluation of Executive Functions (EF) in the assessment of participants with ADHD, while others underline how deficits of EF in these participants are not consistent and that the same executive deficits are present in many other disorders, particularly in Asperger's disorder. Using the Planning Attention Simultaneous Successive (PASS) theory, the present study explores the cognitive profiles of participants with ADHD or Asperger's disorder and compares the cognitive functioning of these two diagnostic groups.

Method: Forty-four children, 24 with a diagnosis of ADHD and 20 with a diagnosis of Asperger's disorder, participated and their cognitive processes were evaluated with the Cognitive Assessment System.

Brief report: cognitive performance in autism and Asperger's syndrome: what are the differences?

Autism spectrum disorders include autistic and Asperger's Syndrome (AS), often studied in terms of executive functions (EF), with controversial results. Using Planning Attention Simultaneous Successive theory (PASS; Das et al. in Assessment of cognitive processes: the PASS theory of intelligence.