Drew Westen
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Recent Articles
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Nakash O, Nagar M, Razon L, Westen D
J Nerv Ment Dis
. 2021 Feb;
209(5):386-394.
PMID: 33625070
We investigated the association between personality disorders (PDs) and attachment patterns, and examined the construct validity of attachment patterns against adaptive functioning. We used a multimeasure multi-informant approach, which allowed...
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Nagar M, Nakash O, Westen D
J Trauma Dissociation
. 2020 Jan;
21(3):396-408.
PMID: 31973658
Emotional, physical and sexual abuse, have been consistently linked to mental health problems in adults. Previous research found that mental health providers rarely ask their patients about their childhood experiences...
3.
Nakash O, Nagar M, Bentov-Gofrit D, Md E, Amiaz R, Lev-Ran S, et al.
Psychiatry Res
. 2018 Sep;
270:50-56.
PMID: 30243132
Prototype matching, which involves comparing a patient clinical presentation with a prototype description of the disorder, addresses some of the clinical limitations of categorical approaches. Most research to-date on prototype...
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Nagar M, Westen D, Nakash O
Compr Psychiatry
. 2018 Jun;
85:8-14.
PMID: 29933136
Background: Prominent psychiatric diagnostic systems such as the DSM-IV and ICD-10 have shown low reliability in clinical practice. An alternative approach to classification of psychiatric disorders is prototype matching. In...
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Nakash O, Nagar M, Westen D
Personal Disord
. 2018 Jun;
10(2):105-113.
PMID: 29927300
Prototype matching, which involves comparing a patient clinical presentation with a prototype description of the disorder addresses some of the clinical limitations of the and International Classification of Diseases symptom-count...
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Nakash O, Nagar M, Westen D
J Nerv Ment Dis
. 2017 Nov;
206(2):116-121.
PMID: 29176497
We examined the interrater reliability and diagnostic efficiency of clinician report (both the treating clinician and independent expert clinical interviewer) and patient self-report of clinically meaningful information pertaining to adaptive...
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Drill R, Nakash O, DeFife J, Westen D
J Nerv Ment Dis
. 2015 May;
203(6):459-62.
PMID: 25974055
Adaptive functioning is a key aspect of psychiatric diagnosis and assessment in research and practice. This study compared adaptive functioning validity ratings from Structured Clinical Interviews (SCIDs, symptom-focused structured diagnostic...
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Westen D, DeFife J, Malone J, DiLallo J
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
. 2014 Apr;
53(5):528-49.
PMID: 24745953
Objective: This study describes an empirically derived approach to diagnosing adolescent personality pathology that is clinically relevant and empirically grounded. Method: A random national sample of psychiatrists and clinical psychologists...
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Malone J, Westen D, Levendosky A
J Nerv Ment Dis
. 2014 Mar;
202(4):333-45.
PMID: 24647212
Consistent with attachment theory and a developmental psychopathology framework, a growing body of research suggests that traumatic parental separations may lead to unique pathways of personality adaptation and maladaptation. The...
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Huprich S, DeFife J, Westen D
J Affect Disord
. 2013 Oct;
152-154:186-92.
PMID: 24120405
Objective: We sought to determine whether meaningful subtypes of Dysthymic patients could be identified when grouping them by similar personality profiles. Method: A random, national sample of psychiatrists and clinical...