Razvoj personologije i tretmana poremećaja ličnosti i poremećaja hranjenja

Godine 2012. unutar tadašnje Klinike za psihijatriju KBC-a Zagreb (koja je danas dio objedinjene Klinike za psihijatriju i psihološku medicinu KBC-a Zagreb), uz podršku tadašnjeg predstojnika Klinike prof.dr. Mire Jakovljevića, formira se zasebna ustrojbena jedinica na Klinici čiji je cilj klinička obrada i tretman oboljelih od poremećaja ličnosti i poremećaja hranjenja. Navedena ustrojbena jedinica je koncipirana u obliku odjela i dnevne bolnice, ustrojbeno prvotno kao specijalistički zavod unutar Klinike, a kasnije kao zasebni Zavod. U nazivu ustrojbene jedinice (Zavod za personologiju, poremećaje ličnosti i poremećaje hranjenja) prvi termin je personologija, a izabrali smo ga upravo zbog smanjenja stigmatizirajućeg prizvuka koji kod dijela ljudi ima termin poremećaji ličnosti. Personologija, koja se temelji na riječi persona, u prijevodu osoba, u fokusu ima upravo ličnost pojedinca, uključujući varijacije ličnosti koje u konačnici idu do razine poremećaja ličnosti. S obzirom da se i kod velikog dijela oboljelih od poIn 2012, within the then Department of Psychiatry of the University Hospital Centre Zagreb (which is now part of the merged Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine of the University Hospital Centre Zagreb), with the support of the then Head of the Department, Professor Miro Jakovljević, MD, Ph.D., a separate organisational unit was formed at the Department. Its goal was to provide clinical treatment of patients with personality disorders and eating disorders. This organisational unit was conceived in the form of a clinical unit and day hospital, initially organised as a specialist division within the Department, and later as a separate Division. The name of the organisational unit (Division of Personology, Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders) contains the term personology in the first place, which we chose to reduce the stigmatizing connotation that some people have with the term personality disorders. Personology, which is based on the word persona, i.e., person, focuses precisely on the personality of the individual, including personality variations that ultimately extend to the level of person-