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When Hope is Not Enough reaches #10 on Amazon’s Lulu Sales List
Today, my book When Hope is Not Enough cracked the top ten (at #10) on the Amazon sales list for books published through Lulu. Thanks all! I “hope” the book will help each of you. No related posts.
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New for May – Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month
As many of you know May is Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month. In 2008, I posted the text of the Congressional bill that declared this. Click on that link to read the text of the bill. One of the things that struck me in this bill was this: Whereas BPD is inheritable and is exacerbated by environmental factors; Unfortunately, the sponsor of this bill “Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia” is no longer in the Congress. I wonder why he proposed and sponsored such a bill? I wonder if he has been affected by BPD in his family. I guess I need to do some Googling to see if I can…
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Borderline Personality Disorder and Migraine Headaches
Borderline Personality Disorder and Migraine link John Rothrock MD; Ivan Lopez MD; Richard Zweilfer MD; Diane Andress-Rothrock BA; Renay Drinkard C-NP; Naomi Walters Abstract and Introduction Abstract Background: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) may be disproportionately common in the migraine patient population, but specific migraine features in the BPD subgroup remain incompletely characterized. Purpose: To define more clearly the clinical characteristics of migraine patients with BPD, to evaluate their clinical response to aggressive headache management, and to assess the sensitivity of an instrument intended to screen for the presence of BPD. Methods: We evaluated 50 consecutive patients with migraine and previously documented BPD, 50 consecutive patients with migraine of all types…
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Remission Common in BPD, but functioning still a problem
Psychiatric News May 7, 2010 Volume 45 Number 9 Page 15 © American Psychiatric Association Clinical & Research News Remission Common in BPD, but Good Functioning Lags Mark Moran Recovery from BPD is akin to a process of maturation—it occurs slowly, but once a level of functioning is reached, patients tend to maintain that level and fall back only in the face of major stressors. A substantial majority of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) experience remission of symptoms, and their remission tends to be stable over time compared with other mental disorders—but only half of patients also achieve good social and vocational functioning. Those were among the findings of a…
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NY Times Article about “Assisted” Suicide
Here’s a NY Times Article about a man charged with assisted (or encouraging) suicide. He allegedly did so over the Internet. It is one to watch to see if free speech on the Internet will be regulated. I NEVER advocate suicide (obviously). I wonder however how this case (or if) will impact the back-and-forth dialog in chat rooms and online groups, such as ATSTP. May 13, 2010 Online Talk, Suicides and a Thorny Court Case By MONICA DAVEY The seemingly empathetic nurse struck up conversations over the Internet with people who were pondering suicide. She told them what methods worked best. She told some that it was all right to…
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Happy Birthday ATSTP List!
Today is the fourth “birthday” of the ATSTP Email Support List. Thanks to all the members – who have posted over 44,000 messages and worked with one another to help make these BPD relationships easier. Bon No related posts.