Topic 1: A review on the suicidal tendencies with Borderline Personality Disorder: Differences in males and females
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health disorder characterized by emotional dysregulation, instability in interpersonal relationships, low self-esteem and a distorted self-image. Individuals with BPD are said to indulge in reckless behavior like substance abuse, eating disorders and unsafe sex (Eskander, 2020). BPD is a significant public health problem since about 0.4-1.8% of individuals are affected by it in community settings, and the percentage goes up to 10-25% in hospital settings. Individuals suffering from BPD are more likely to exhibit self-harm tendencies, including suicide attempts and completed suicide. About 75% of BPD patients have attempted suicide, and 10% have committed suicide, a rate 50 times higher than the general population (Sher, 2018). Borderline Personality Disorders are diagnosed three times more commonly in women than men. Although women exhibit more suicidal tendencies than men, men are more likely to die from suicide than women (Glover, 2021). However, there is a gap in understanding the reason behind this finding. This topic is one of the examples of psychology dissertation ideas to understand how gender affects suicidal tendencies in BPD.
Topic 2: Study on the Advances in the Treatment of Peri-implant Diseases: Use of Antimicrobials
Dental implants are increasingly used to reduce edentulism, and it is estimated that the prevalence of dental implants will reach 23% in 2026. They are considered to be highly successful, with an average survival rate of 94.6%. However, there are also chances that the surrounding tissues will get inflamed, giving rise to peri-implantitis. Peri-implantitis is characterized by bleeding on probing, suppuration and radiographic bone loss. Smoking, diabetes mellitus, patient compliance and a history of periodontitis are incriminated as the risk factors (Kormas, 2020). Surgery is the gold standard for treating peri-implant disease, while antimicrobials are used as an adjunct for preventing and treating peri-implant disease (Alassy, 2021). There have been advances in the delivery of antimicrobial agents like photodynamic therapy and peptides to prevent and treat peri-implant disease (Ohba, 2020),( Yu, 2022), and they need to be explored in depth. This study will be of interest to students specializing in Periodontology and hence it is one of the examples of Periodontics dissertation ideas.
References
- Eskander N, Emamy M, Saad-Omer S M, et al. (August 05, 2020) The Impact of Impulsivity and Emotional Dysregulation on Comorbid Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. Cureus 12(8): e9581. doi:10.7759/cureus.9581
- Sher, L., Rutter, S. B., New, A. S., Siever, L. J., & Hazlett, E. A. (2018). Gender differences and similarities in aggression, suicidal behavior, and psychiatric comorbidity in borderline personality disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. doi:10.1111/acps.12981 .
- Glover, K. (2021). Gender differences in the clinical presentation of borderline personality disorder: a review.
- Kormas, I., Pedercini, C., Pedercini, A., Raptopoulos, M., Alassy, H., & Wolff, L. F. (2020). Peri-Implant Diseases: Diagnosis, Clinical, Histological, Microbiological Characteristics and Treatment Strategies. A Narrative Review. Antibiotics, 9(11), 835. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9110835
- Alassy, H., Pizarek, J. A., Kormas, I., Pedercini, A., & Wolff, L. F. (2021). Antimicrobial adjuncts in the management of periodontal and peri-implant diseases and conditions: A narrative review. Frontiers of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, 3(16), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.21037/fomm-20-84
- Seigo Ohba, Mika Sato, Sawako Noda, Hideyuki Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Egahira, Izumi Asahina, Assessment of safety and efficacy of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy for peri-implant disease, Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, Volume 31, 2020, 101936, ISSN 1572-1000, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.101936.
- Yu, S., Zhang, Q., Hu, M., Zhao, B., Liu, Z., Li, C., & Zhang, X. (2022). Study on Optimizing Novel Antimicrobial Peptides with Bifunctional Activity to Prevent and Treat Peri-Implant Disease. Antibiotics, 11(11), 1482. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11111482
