title: Dependent personality features in a complex case of borderline personality disorder.
abstract: Borderline personality disorder is a complex disease model as it encompasses a diversity of pathological personality traits and psychopathological symptoms. It is not surprising, therefore, that it is often manifested by personality disorders across all three clusters and accompanied by other mental (Axis I) disorders. This melange makes both psychological treatment and pharmacotherapy especially challenging, and this paper describes the case of a particularly complex case of a 33-year-old Romanian patient, who has a history of severe deprivation in childhood, mood and substance use disorder in association with borderline pathology. In the course of treatment from many sources and interventions, it has become clear that dependence is a key component of the pathology and has been rewarded with a degree of success in management. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Clinic No.2, UMF Tg.Mures, Tg.Mures, Romania.
authors.forename: Tudor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nirestean
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Clinic No.2, UMF Tg.Mures, Tg.Mures, Romania.
authors.forename: Emese
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lukacs
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Clinic No.2, UMF Tg.Mures, Tg.Mures, Romania. aurelnirestean@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Aurel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nirestean
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Clinic No.2, UMF Tg.Mures, Tg.Mures, Romania.
authors.forename: Iosif
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gabos Grecu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000069586:Adult Survivors of Child Adverse Events / Q000523:psychology*; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002670:Child, Abandoned / Q000523:psychology*; D003859:Dependent Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D019372:Orphanages; D012383:Romania
keywords: borderline personality disorder, autobiographical naratives, fate