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The relationship of adult attachment constructs to object relational patterns of representing self and othersMary L Calabrese
Newton, MA, USA
J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry 33:513-30. 2005..In addition, multiple dimensions of object relationships were found to be significantly associated with participants' relationship status (current involvement in a significant relationship) and their parents' marital status...- When clinical description becomes statistical predictionDrew Westen
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am Psychol 59:595-613. 2004..An emerging body of research suggests that clinical observations, just like lay observations, can be quantified using standard psychometric procedures, so that clinical description becomes statistical prediction... - Assessing adolescent personality pathologyDrew Westen
Department of Psychology and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, 532 N Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Br J Psychiatry 186:227-38. 2005..Personality pathology constitutes a major form of psychopathology in adolescents... - Improving construct validity: Cronbach, Meehl, and Neurath's shipDrew Westen
Department of Psychology, Emory University, 532 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA
Psychol Assess 17:409-12. 2005.... - A prototype approach to personality disorder diagnosisDrew Westen
Department of Psychology, Emory University, 532 N Kilgo Cir, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:846-56. 2006..This study tested an alternative, prototype matching procedure designed to simplify diagnosis. The procedure was applied to personality disorders... - Clinical assessment of pathological personality traitsDrew Westen
Department of Psychology and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, 532 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:1285-7. 2006..The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the dimensional diagnosis of pathological personality traits with the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure-200 (SWAP-200) Q sort... - Neural bases of motivated reasoning: an FMRI study of emotional constraints on partisan political judgment in the 2004 U.S. Presidential electionDrew Westen
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Cogn Neurosci 18:1947-58. 2006..They suggest that motivated reasoning is qualitatively distinct from reasoning when people do not have a strong emotional stake in the conclusions reached... - Clinical assessment of attachment patterns and personality disorder in adolescents and adultsDrew Westen
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 74:1065-85. 2006..Factor analysis identified 4 dimensions that replicated across adolescent and adult samples on the basis of a combination of interpersonal and narrative indicators: secure, dismissing, preoccupied, and incoherent/disorganized... - The empirical status of empirically supported psychotherapies: assumptions, findings, and reporting in controlled clinical trialsDrew Westen
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Psychol Bull 130:631-63. 2004.... - Assessing personality disorders using a systematic clinical interview: evaluation of an alternative to structured interviewsDrew Westen
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Pers Disord 17:351-69. 2003.... - In praise of clinical judgment: Meehl's forgotten legacyDrew Westen
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
J Clin Psychol 61:1257-76. 2005..The authors conclude by examining domains in which clinical judgment could prove useful in knowledge generation (e.g., hypothesis generation, identification of falsifying instances, item development)... - Personality diagnoses in adolescence: DSM-IV axis II diagnoses and an empirically derived alternativeDrew Westen
Department of Psychology, Emory University School of Medicine, 532 North Kligo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:952-66. 2003.... - Quantifying construct validity: two simple measuresDrew Westen
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 84:608-18. 2003.... - Personality diagnosis with the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP): integrating clinical and statistical measurement and predictionDrew Westen
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 116:810-22. 2007..Finally, the article discusses future research directions and challenges... - Identity disturbance in adolescence: associations with borderline personality disorderDrew Westen
Department of Psychology and Psychiatry, Emory University, 36 Eagle Row, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Dev Psychopathol 23:305-13. 2011..As such, identity disturbance can be a manifestation of psychopathology above and beyond the typical Sturm und Drang (storm and stress) of adolescence... - Diagnosis and subtypes of adolescent antisocial personality disorderMeredith Jones
Department of Psychology, Emory University, 532 N Kilgo Cir, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Pers Disord 24:217-43. 2010..Although preliminary, these results provide support for the use of both APD and personality-based subtyping systems in adolescents... - A naturalistic study of psychotherapy for bulimia nervosa, part 2: therapeutic interventions in the communityHeather Thompson-Brenner
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 193:585-95. 2005.... - Countertransference phenomena and personality pathology in clinical practice: an empirical investigationEphi Betan
Georgia School of Professional Psychology, 980 Hammond Dr, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30328, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:890-8. 2005..This study provides initial data on the reliability and factor structure of a measure of countertransference processes in clinical practice and examines the relation between these processes and patients' personality pathology... - A naturalistic study of psychotherapy for bulimia nervosa, part 1: comorbidity and therapeutic outcomeHeather Thompson-Brenner
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 193:573-84. 2005..These patients showed higher pretreatment severity and required longer treatments to achieve positive outcomes relative to patients who did not meet these exclusion criteria... - Personality subtypes of suicidal adultsKile M Ortigo
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 197:687-94. 2009..g., history of abuse). Furthermore, dimensional ratings of the subtypes predicted adaptive functioning above DSM-based diagnoses and symptoms... - Refining the construct of narcissistic personality disorder: diagnostic criteria and subtypesEric Russ
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Psychiatry 165:1473-81. 2008..This study was designed to provide an empirically valid and clinically rich portrait of narcissistic personality disorder and to identify subtypes of the disorder... - Relationship between clinician assessment and self-assessment of personality disorders using the SWAP-200 and PAIRebekah Bradley
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Psychol Assess 19:225-9. 2007..As predicted, SWAP-200 obsessive-compulsive personality disorder correlated negatively with these scales, suggesting discriminant validity... - Under the axis II radar: clinically relevant personality constellations that escape DSM-IV diagnosisPavel S Blagov
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:477-83. 2007..The results of this study should stimulate further research on subthreshold personality configurations... - Is the appendix a useful appendage? An empirical examination of depressive, passive-aggressive (negativistic), sadistic, and self-defeating personality disordersRebekah Bradley
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Pers Disord 20:524-40. 2006..Sadistic and self-defeating PD do not appear to represent distinct disorders, although they include personality traits (sadism and revictimization) associated with distinct developmental histories... - An empirically derived taxonomy for personality diagnosis: bridging science and practice in conceptualizing personalityDrew Westen
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Am J Psychiatry 169:273-84. 2012..The authors describe a system for diagnosing personality pathology that is empirically derived, clinically relevant, and practical for day-to-day use... - Emotion dysregulation and negative affect: association with psychiatric symptomsBekh Bradley
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 72:685-91. 2011..The aim of this study was to assess the construct and incremental validity of self-reported emotion dysregulation over and above childhood trauma and negative affect in predicting a range of psychopathology... - The borderline personality diagnosis in adolescents: gender differences and subtypesRebekah Bradley
Department of Psychiatry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 46:1006-19. 2005.... - Personality subtypes in adolescents with eating disorders: validation of a classification approachHeather Thompson-Brenner
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 49:170-80. 2008..The current study investigated whether similar personality prototypes exist in adolescents with EDs, and whether these personality prototypes show relationships to external correlates indicative of diagnostic validity... - Questioning the coherence of histrionic personality disorder: borderline and hysterical personality subtypes in adults and adolescentsPavel S Blagov
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:785-97. 2008..Q-factor analyses of the SWAP data yielded 3 types of patients in each of the 2 samples. The HPD diagnosis may not be sufficiently coherent or valid... - Etiology of borderline personality disorder: disentangling the contributions of intercorrelated antecedentsRebekah Bradley
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 193:24-31. 2005..The results converge with recent studies using very different samples and methodologies... - A multidimensional meta-analysis of psychotherapy for PTSDRebekah Bradley
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:214-27. 2005..The authors present a multidimensional meta-analysis of studies published between 1980 and 2003 on psychotherapy for PTSD... - Personality constellations in patients with a history of childhood sexual abuseRebekah Bradley
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
J Trauma Stress 18:769-80. 2005..The four groups differed on diagnostic, adaptive functioning, and developmental history variables, providing initial support for the validity of this classification. The data have potential methodological and treatment implications... - Agreement between clinician and patient ratings of adaptive functioning and developmental historyJared A DeFife
Department of Psychiatry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Am J Psychiatry 167:1472-8. 2010.... - The psychodynamics of borderline personality disorder: a view from developmental psychopathologyRebekah Bradley
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Dev Psychopathol 17:927-57. 2005.... - Subtyping male perpetrators of intimate partner violenceKatherine A Fowler
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Interpers Violence 26:607-39. 2011.... - Personality subtypes of adolescents who attempt suicideDorthie Cross
Department of Psychology, Emory University, 36 Eagle Row, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 199:750-6. 2011..Adolescents who attempt suicide constitute a heterogeneous group, and they vary meaningfully on a measure of personality pathology. Interventions targeting suicidal behaviors in adolescents should consider individual differences... - Quantifying clinical judgment in the assessment of adolescent psychopathology: Reliability, validity, and factor structure of the Child Behavior Checklist for clinician reportLissa Dutra
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
J Clin Psychol 60:65-85. 2004..The data suggest that clinical judgment can be both reliable and valid when quantified using psychometrically sound instruments... - Personality subtypes in adolescent and adult children of alcoholics: a two-part studyJonathan Hinrichs
Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, 3511 Laclede Ave, St Louis, MO 63103, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 199:487-98. 2011..These findings show heterogeneity among children of alcoholics and suggest the importance of addressing personality subtypes for research and practice in treating adolescent and adult children of alcoholics... - Personality subtypes in eating disorders: validation of a classification in a naturalistic sampleHeather Thompson-Brenner
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Br J Psychiatry 186:516-24. 2005..Research has identified three personality subtypes in patients with eating disorders: emotionally dysregulated, constricted and high-functioning/perfectionistic... - Transference patterns in the psychotherapy of personality disorders: empirical investigationRebekah Bradley
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Br J Psychiatry 186:342-9. 2005..These processes can be measured in clinically sophisticated and psychometrically sound ways. Such processes are relatively independent of clinicians' theoretical orientation... - Parental bonding and personality pathology assessed by clinician reportEric Russ
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Personal Disord 17:522-36. 2003..Clinician-report methods may provide a useful complement to studies of personality disorders that rely primarily on self-reports or structured interviews... - A multidimensional meta-analysis of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for obsessive-compulsive disorderKamryn T Eddy
Department of Psychology, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 24:1011-30. 2004..More research on combined pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions is also indicated... - Personality subtypes in patients with panic disorderAbigail Powers
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Compr Psychiatry 50:164-72. 2009..This study examined personality subtypes of adults diagnosed with panic disorder (PD)... - Implications of developments in cognitive neuroscience for psychoanalytic psychotherapyDrew Westen
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Harv Rev Psychiatry 10:369-73. 2002 - Developments in cognitive neuroscience: II. Implications for theories of transferenceDrew Westen
Department of Psychology, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
J Am Psychoanal Assoc 50:99-134. 2002.... - Developments in cognitive neuroscience: I. Conflict, compromise, and connectionismDrew Westen
Department of Psychology, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
J Am Psychoanal Assoc 50:53-98. 2002..These include the nature of representations, the interaction of cognition and affect, and the mechanisms by which the mind unconsciously forges compromise solutions that best fit multiple cognitive and affective-motivational constraints... - The Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP): making personality diagnosis clinically meaningfulJonathan Shedler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80220, USA
J Pers Assess 89:41-55. 2007..text rev.; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) Axis II, that is empirically grounded, clinically relevant, and practical for routine use in both clinical and research contexts... - Borderline personality disorder in clinical practiceCarolyn Zittel Conklin
The Cambridge Hospital Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:867-75. 2005.... - Refining personality disorder diagnosis: integrating science and practiceJonathan Shedler
Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver, 2450 S Vine St, Denver, CO 80208, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:1350-65. 2004..This article proposes changes to the diagnostic categories and criteria based on empirical findings from a national sample of patients with personality disorder diagnoses... - The structure of axis II disorders in adolescents: a cluster- and factor-analytic investigation of DSM-IV categories and criteriaChristine Durrett
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 65211, USA
J Personal Disord 19:440-61. 2005..Whether this is an optimal way of diagnosing personality pathology in adolescence, however, requires further investigation... - Affect regulation in borderline personality disorderCarolyn Zittel Conklin
Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:69-77. 2006..BPD patients also show distinct patterns of affect regulation, and subtypes of BPD patients show distinct affect regulation profiles of potential relevance to treatment... - Dimensions of personality pathology: an alternative to the five-factor modelJonathan Shedler
Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver, 2450 South Vine St, Denver, CO 80208, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:1743-54. 2004..This study evaluates the clinical comprehensiveness of the five-factor model and addresses the broader question of how many factors, and which factors, are necessary to understand personality pathology... - Clinical utility of five dimensional systems for personality diagnosis: a "consumer preference" studyRobert L Spitzer
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:356-74. 2008..A prototype matching approach to personality diagnosis deserves consideration for DSM-V... - Classification for clinical practice: how to make ICD and DSM better able to serve cliniciansMichael B First
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Int Rev Psychiatry 19:473-81. 2007.... - The external validity of controlled clinical trials of psychotherapy for depression and anxiety: a naturalistic studyKate H Morrison
Counseling Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Psychol Psychother 76:109-32. 2003.... - A multidimensional meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy for bulimia nervosa: summarizing the range of outcomes in controlled clinical trialsOra Nakash-Eisikovits
Department of Psychology and Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Harv Rev Psychiatry 10:193-211. 2002.... - Relationship between attachment patterns and personality pathology in adolescentsOra Nakash-Eisikovits
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders and Department of Psychology, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:1111-23. 2002..To explore the relationship between attachment status and personality pathology in a large clinical sample of adolescents...
Research Grants
- Comparing Alternative Dimensional Approaches to Personality DiagnosisDrew Westen; Fiscal Year: 2007..e., whether diagnoses differ in etiology, prognosis, laboratory tests, etc.) and construct validation (i.e., whether diagnoses differ in their external correlates in predictable ways). ..
- Comparing Alternative Dimensional Approaches to Personality DiagnosisDrew Westen; Fiscal Year: 2009..e., whether diagnoses differ in etiology, prognosis, laboratory tests, etc.) and construct validation (i.e., whether diagnoses differ in their external correlates in predictable ways). ..