Borderline Personality Disorder With Atypical Traits in a 30-Year-Old Female: A Case Report.

In this paper, we report an atypical presentation of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in a 30-year-old female with a history of childhood molestation and trauma and a prior diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The patient was hospitalized due to anxiety, depression, and guilt over her relapse into alcohol use disorder. During her hospital stay, we diagnosed her with BPD based on psychiatric examination, clinical interviews, and patient history. While the patient exhibited some of the typical characteristics of BPD, such as an instability of interpersonal and romantic relationships, there were numerous findings that were atypical of BPD. These include a demonstration of mature defense mechanisms such as sublimation and altruism, high levels of occupational functioning, strong maternal caregiving behavior, and no history of self-harm. Further analysis of the patient's personality traits helped us identify that this presentation could be best characterized as a high-functioning internalizing subtype of BPD as identified in prior literature.

[Psychological defense mechanism of elderly people having mild cognitive impairments.]

The article presents the results of psychological defense mechanism research of elderly persons group having mild cognitive impairments (51 persons). The leading defense mechanisms in this group were «reactive entity¼ and «denial¼. Reliable correlation between capacity of short-term memory, the MMSE test and «substitution¼, attention rate and «regression¼, leading psychological defense and indicators of anxiety, fear, depression and aggression of the studied group are found. The found correlation between defense tension and psychological parameters disclose features of intra personal adaptation of elderly persons having mild cognitive impairments. The received results can be used for psychological diagnostics and correction of emotional, personal and cognitive disorders of the elderly people.

Research on correlation between psychological defense mechanism and sleep quality of the empty-nesters / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To explore the characteristics of community empty-nesters sleep quality and psychological defense mechanism,and the correlation between them.Methods 230 empty-nest elderly and 181 nonempty nesters were assessed with Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and Defense style questionnaire (DSQ).Results PSQI score of empty-nest ehlerly was (14.33±2.48),higher than that of non-empty nesters(t=17.857,P＜0.01).Factor score of immature psychological defense style in DSQ was (3.92± 1.20),for the mediate defense style was (4.49± 1.11),for the wrapping factor was (3.38± 1.92).All of them were higher than the scores for nonempty nesters,and the differences were statistically significant (t=4.463,6.937,5.404,P＜0.01).Factor score for mature psychological defense style in DSQ was (3.96±1.45),and lower than the score for non-empty nesters(t=7.472,P＜0.01).hnmature defense mechanism of empty-nest elderly was positively related with subjective sleep quality,sleep continuity,sleep disorders,using sleep medicine,dysfunction in the daytime,and the total score in PSQ1 (r=0.533,0.145,0.605,0.521,0.497,0.734).Mature defense mechanism was negative related with sleep latency,sleep continuity,and the total score in PSQI (r=-0.129,-0.542,-0.104).The mediate defense meehanism was positively related with subjective sleep quality,sleep latency and the total score in PSQI (r=0.186,0.294,0.131),while negative related with sleep efficiency(r=-0.188).The wrapping factor had a positive correlation with subjective sleep quality,using sleep medicine and the total score in PSQI (r=0.440,0.431,0.564).Conclusion Empty-nesters tend to adopt immature defense styles,and most of them have a poor sleeping,which are closely related with each other.

The study of the psychological defence and coping style of the depression episode sufferers / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To study the psychological defence (PD) and coping style (CS) of the patients suffering depressive episode (DE).Methods 104 cases of the experimental group and 104 cases of the control group,which were stratified sampled,had been investigated by applying defensive style questionnaire (DSQ),coping style questionnaire(CSQ).Results The total score of the immature PD of the experimental group(5.19±0.73) was significantly higher (t =2.93,P＜ 0.05) than that of the control group (4.41 ± 0.76).In the immature mechanism,withdrawal,somatization,avoiding,passive aggression were significantly higher,but the complaints and fantasy were significantly lower.The total score of mature PD of the experimental group(4.49±0.61) was significantly lower (t=-6.02,P＜0.01) than that of the control group(6.01±0.85).For the mature mechanism,sublimation and humor were lower and the repression was higher.And for the CS,problem solving,consulting and rationalization scores were significantly lower than those of the control group(t=-4.58,P＜0.01 ; t=-4.49,P＜0.01; t=-4.01,P＜0.01).The self-accusation,retreat scores were significantly higher than those of the control group(t=8.21,P＜0.01; t=5.31,P＜0.01).Conclusion Patients suffering DE are apt to use immature PD and CS.To increase the therapeutic effect,the style of the patients' PD and CS should be highlighted,and it is necessary to take steps to guide the patients to use mature PD and CS.

Mediating effect of psychological defense mechanism between personality and depression or anxiety in postgraduate entrance re-examinee / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To study the mediating effect of psychological defense mechanism between personality and depression or anxiety in postgraduate entrance re-examinee. Methods 496 examinee in entrance re-examination of medical postgraduate were investigated by applying Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory(MMsion and anxiety(r=0. 107 ～0. 668, P＜0.05). Psychological defense mechanism was remarkably correlated with depression and anxiety(r= -0. 090 ～ -0.666, P＜0.05;r=0. 131 ～0. 663, P＜0.01). Personality was significantly correlated with psychological defense mechanism (r = - 0. 158 ～ - 0. 586, P ＜ 0.01;r = 0.125 ～ 0.532, Psion, anxiety factor, explicit anxiety, and fear (21.6%, 43.8%, 35.7%, 65.7%). Conclusion Personality is a remarkable predictor of depression and anxiety,and has indirect and direct influence on depression and anxiety through psychological defense mechanism.