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A new DBT Diary Card Application for the iPhone
A new DBT diary card app for the iPhone. I personally don’t have an iPhone, so I haven’t tested it, but the images look group. Here is the text of the About page (most of it) from the www.diarycard.net page: This app was developed by Dr. Sammy Banawan in Durham, NC. Dr. Banawan maintains a full-time private practice in Durham where he also did his internship and post-doctoral fellowship at the Duke University Medical Center. During his post-doctoral fellowship, he worked directly with Dr. Marsha Linehan and her colleagues in continuing to adapt DBT for a variety of psychological conditions. While this app was developed by a mental health professional,…
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The ICD-10 may provide a better diagnostic criteria for borderline than the DSM-V
Recently read an article in Psychiatric Times in which the author of the article argued that the new DSM-V “dimensional” approach to borderline personality disorder specifically and personalty disorders in general would be much too time-consuming to implement than the criteria of the ICD-10. Here are the ICD-10 criteria: F60.3 Emotionally Unstable (Borderline) Personality Disorder A personality disorder in which there is a marked tendency to act impulsively without consideration of the consequences, together with affective instability. The ability to plan ahead may be minimal, and outbursts of intense anger may often lead to violence or “behavioural explosions”; these are easily precipitated when impulsive acts are criticized or thwarted by others. Two…
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Did Marilyn Monroe have BPD?
In light of the new film about Marilyn Monroe, I found this about her: In one part of the book “Lost In The Mirror”, Dr. Richard A. Moskovitz, M.D. writes, “Elton John’s characterization of Marilyn Monroe as a candle in the wind captures the essence of the borderline personality. She is an elusive character lacking in identity, overwhelmed by a barrage of painful emotions, consumed by hunger for love and acceptance, and careening from relationship to relationship and impulse to impulse in a desperate attempt to control these feelings.” No related posts.
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Tragic Vikki’s mum can’t forget court recording of girl’s last call
PROUD mum Pamela Bowmaker final memory is a haunting one. On a night in September 2008, Vikki McGovern made a desperate call to NHS 24, screaming that she was going to kill herself. She repeated the words over and over again until a fire alarm went off in the NHS building. The worker on the other end of the line gave Vikki a telephone number and said she could phone again in ten minutes, before ending the call. Tragic Vikki’s mum can’t forget court recording of girl’s last call Published on Monday 28 November 2011 07:13 PROUD mum Pamela Bowmaker remembers how her daughter loved singing Spice Girls songs on her…
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New guidance for management of self-harm issued
The healthcare guidance body NICE has today published a new clinical guideline on the longer-term care of adults, children and young people who self-harm. New guidance for management of self-harm issued 23 Nov 2011 The healthcare guidance body NICE has today published a new clinical guideline on the longer-term care of adults, children and young people who self-harm. The guideline development group was chaired by Professor Navneet Kapur in The University of Manchester’s Centre for Suicide Prevention. This new guideline follows on from the NICE guideline on the short-term physical and psychological management and secondary prevention of self-harm in primary and secondary care (NICE clinical guideline 16). The new recommendations…