Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1587| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | The detrimental impact of maladaptive personality on public mental health : a challenge for psychiatric practice |
| Authors: | Hengartner, Michael Pascal |
| DOI: | 10.21256/zhaw-1587 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00087 |
| Published in: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
| Volume(Issue): | 6 |
| Issue: | 87 |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2015 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Frontiers Research Foundation |
| ISSN: | 1664-0640 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Review; Personality; Epidemiology; Psychopathology; Psychiatric practice; Public health; Personality disorders; Nosology |
| Subject (DDC): | 155: Differential and developmental psychology 616.89: Mental disorders, clinical psychology and psychiatry |
| Abstract: | Experts in personality psychology and personality disorders have long emphasized the pervasive and persistent detrimental impact of maladaptive personality traits on mental health and functioning. However, in routine psychiatric practice, maladaptive personality is readily ignored and personality traits are seldom incorporated into clinical guidelines. The aim of this narrative review is to outline how pervasively personality influences public mental health and how personality thereby challenges common psychiatric practice. A comprehensive search and synthesis of the scientific literature demonstrates that maladaptive personality traits and personality disorders, in particular high neuroticism and negative affectivity, first, are risk factors for divorce, unemployment, and disability pensioning; second, relate to the prevalence, incidence, and co-occurrence of common mental disorders; third, impair functioning, symptom remission, and recovery in co-occurring common mental disorders; and fourth, predispose to treatment resistance, non-response and poor treatment outcome. In conclusion, maladaptive personality is not only involved in the development and course of mental disorders but also predisposes to chronicity and re-occurrence of psychopathology and reduces the efficacy of psychiatric treatments. The pernicious impact of maladaptive personality on mental health and functioning demands that careful assessment and thorough consideration of personality should be compulsory in psychiatric practice. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2288 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | Applied Psychology |
| Organisational Unit: | Psychological Institute (PI) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie |
Files in This Item:
| File | Description | Size | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015_Hengartner_The detrimental impact of maladaptive personality_Frontiers in Psychiatry.pdf | 148.33 kB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |
Show full item record
Hengartner, M. P. (2015). The detrimental impact of maladaptive personality on public mental health : a challenge for psychiatric practice. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 6(87). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1587
Hengartner, M.P. (2015) ‘The detrimental impact of maladaptive personality on public mental health : a challenge for psychiatric practice’, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 6(87). Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1587.
M. P. Hengartner, “The detrimental impact of maladaptive personality on public mental health : a challenge for psychiatric practice,” Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 6, no. 87, Jun. 2015, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1587.
HENGARTNER, Michael Pascal, 2015. The detrimental impact of maladaptive personality on public mental health : a challenge for psychiatric practice. Frontiers in Psychiatry. Juni 2015. Bd. 6, Nr. 87. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-1587
Hengartner, Michael Pascal. 2015. “The Detrimental Impact of Maladaptive Personality on Public Mental Health : A Challenge for Psychiatric Practice.” Frontiers in Psychiatry 6 (87). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1587.
Hengartner, Michael Pascal. “The Detrimental Impact of Maladaptive Personality on Public Mental Health : A Challenge for Psychiatric Practice.” Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 6, no. 87, June 2015, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1587.
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.