ICD-11 Diagnosis of Body Integrity Dysphoria: A Case Report.

Body integrity dysphoria (BID) is a rare disorder, in which individuals experience a persistent desire to become physically disabled, often through limb amputation. It is now included within the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11), and this is one of the first case reports to describe the application of these new diagnostic criteria. This also raises the question of treatment pathways for individuals with the disorder, with recognition bringing legitimacy to patients' experience, and responsibility to professionals.

Preconception parental personality disorder and psychosocial outcomes during the perinatal period: a prospective population-based study.

Purpose: Birthing individuals with personality disorder in young adulthood before pregnancy may be at increased risk of potentially modifiable adverse outcomes in the perinatal period that impact parental and child health. We aimed to investigate the perinatal psychosocial outcomes of preconception (prior to pregnancy) personality disorder.

Methods: Prospective analysis of 398 birthing individuals with 609 infants from Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (VIHCS).

Recovery in personality disorders: the development and preliminary testing of a novel natural language processing model to identify recovery in mental health electronic records.

Introduction: The concept of recovery is of great importance in mental health as it emphasizes improvements in quality of life and functioning alongside the traditional focus on symptomatic remission. Yet, investigating non-symptomatic recovery in the field of personality disorders has been particularly challenging due to complexities in capturing the occurrence of recovery. Electronic health records (EHRs) provide a robust platform from which episodes of recovery can be detected.

Defining severity of personality disorder using electronic health records: short report.

Severity of personality disorder is an important determinant of future health. However, this key prognostic variable is not captured in routine clinical practice. Using a large clinical data-set, we explored the predictive validity of items from the Health of Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) as potential indicators of personality disorder severity.

How can we overcome health inequalities in psychiatry?

Health inequalities in psychiatry are well established, with people living in poverty and those from minoritised groups receiving different care and experiencing worse health outcomes. Psychiatric patients experience significant differences in life expectancy compared with the general population. This article explores changes within psychiatric services and public health interventions that could address health inequalities and asks why this has not happened yet.