Latest personality disorder Stories

Dr. Alina Gorgorian will discuss how Dialectical Behavior Therapy helps those struggling with both Borderline Personality Disorder and addictions on June 1, 2013. Venice Beach, Calif. (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Not all treatments are effective when it comes to treating a dual diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and addiction. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is one therapy that is proving to be successful for the treatment of both BPD and substance abuse. On Saturday, June 1,...

Experts at the Asheville Jung Center are planning a Webinar discussing new material that will be released in DSM-5 including changes to the diagnosis and treatment of personality disorders. Asheville, NC (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 There are several changes regarding Personality Disorders in DSM-5. One of the biggest changes in is the removal of the multi-axial diagnostic symptom. Thus, the personality disorders are no longer categorized under an "Axis II," but can still be added...

Bridges to Recovery is now launching a website that will enable visitors to learn more about the facility and the treatments and therapies that are offered. Los Angeles, Ca (PRWEB) April 18, 2013 Bridges to Recovery is now launching a website that will enable visitors to learn more about the facility and the treatments and therapies that are offered. Many sufferers of a variety of mental disorders have found the assistance needed to deal with mental conditions and return to a normal and...

Experts from The University of Manchester have revealed their findings from the most in-depth study ever to take place in the UK into the tragic instances of child killing by parents, known as filicide. The research, published in the journal PLOS ONE, found 37 per cent of parents and step-parents who killed their children were suffering from some form of mental illness and 12% had been in contact with mental health services within a year of the offense. Academics from the University's...

Risk highest among those with substance use disorders The perpetration of homicide by people with mental disorders has received much attention, but their risk of being victims of homicide has rarely been examined. Yet such information may help develop more effective strategies for improving the safety and health of people with mental illness. So a team of researchers from Sweden and the USA assessed mental disorders and homicides across the entire population of Swedish adults between...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online It’s safe to say television has not always been seen as an appropriate companion for children. For many years, health officials and child development experts have warned parents about the dangers of placing their children in front of the television for several hours a day. Now, new evidence has shown the question is shifting from “how much” to “which programs.” According to new studies from the University of Otago in...

Bridges to Recovery now provides patients with treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder. Santa Monica, Ca (PRWEB) January 22, 2013 Bridges to Recovery now provides patients with treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder. The clinic has developed a treatment schedule to facilitate the patient and its family's ability to manage this challenging condition. An emotional ailment, borderline personality disorder, causes a patient to have a distorted, negative self-image that...

Persistent unemployment, disability leads to significant public health burden Unemployment poses a significant burden on the public no matter what the cause. But for those who have been diagnosed with a psychiatric illness, chronic unemployment is often coupled with significant health care costs. A Rhode Island Hospital study compared unemployment rates among those with various psychiatric disorders, and found that borderline personality disorder is associated with as much unemployment as...

PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A panel of experts will discuss an exciting research-based theory that may have the potential for preventing Borderline Personality Disorder and some types of mood disorders, on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment, Silberman Auditorium, 4200 Monument Avenue, Philadelphia. The free event ("Do We Now Know Enough to Prevent Borderline Personality Disorder and Some Types of...

NORWALK, Conn., Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica today announced that Psychiatric Times features special coverage focused on helping mental health professionals treat people with various types of personality disorders. Psychiatric Times' dedicated content provides a variety of information with the goal of helping mental health professionals stay abreast of current diagnostic issues and treatment approaches and regimens. This coverage includes peer-reviewed updates and...