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Articles by Elfrida Hartveit Kvarstein
Patients with borderline personality disorder need tailored emergency care
- Øivind Ekeberg,
- Øyvind Urnes,
- Elfrida Hartveit Kvarstein,
- Ingeborg Ulltveit-Moe Eikenæs,
- Erlend Hem
21.10.2019:
There has been considerable pessimism surrounding the treatment potential for borderline personality disorder, but there is growing evidence to support the efficacy of tailored care. Patients with borderline personality disorder are often regarded as ungrateful and difficult to treat. The stigma...
Suicidal patients with personality disorder
- Øivind Ekeberg,
- Elfrida Hartveit Kvarstein,
- Øyvind Urnes,
- Ingeborg Ulltveit-Moe Eikenæs,
- Erlend Hem
14.10.2019:
A number of patients whom the admitting doctor considers to be acutely suicidal are denied admission to a psychiatric ward or discharged after a short time. The usual justification is that the receiving doctor believes the patient to be 'chronically suicidal' and that hospitalisation will exacerbate...
Patients with personality disorders in private specialist practice
- Theresa Wilberg,
- Elfrida Hartveit Kvarstein,
- Jan Ole Røvik
09.12.2014:
Patients with personality disorders constitute a large proportion of patients treated by the psychiatric specialist health service (1). Psychosocial treatment, including psychotherapy, is the primary treatment for personality disorder, and patients with moderate and severe personality disorders...