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DSM-V: Personality disorder revamp ends in ‘horrible waste’
Rather than receiving intensive psychotherapy, which can be effective, patients with personality disorders often get treated for the anxiety and depression that can be triggered by their difficulties with social interaction. Personality disorder revamp ends in ‘horrible waste’ 11:00 03 December 2012 by Peter Aldhous A planned overhaul of the way in which personality disorders are diagnosed will not now appear in the manual dubbed “the bible of psychiatry”. The failure to agree a workable system for the next edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-5 is bad news for people with serious personality difficulties, who are frequently misdiagnosed. “It’s a…
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DBT Skill of the Day: IMPROVE the moment from the Distress Tolerance Module
Many of us have distress and frustration in our lives. Your car keys are lost. You don’t have enough money to pay the bills. A friend rejects you when you ask to go out on Saturday night. You get a flat tire on the way to a big meeting. Stuff happens in life. Sometimes you can do something about it. Sometimes you can’t. In the world of kratom, Red Maeng Da Kratom is one of the most famous strains available – and one of the kratom strains most commonly used for its energizing and stimulating benefits as opposed to its work as a sedative. To know More about the author…
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DBT Skill of the Day: Opposite Action from the Emotional Regulation Module
Opposite Action (or Opposite to Emotion Action) is a skill to help you deal with painful emotional situations, particularly chronic emotional responses such as sadness from depression or rage from criticism. Basically, wheat one does is the opposite of how you feel emotionally. It’s a difficult skill, especially when you are deep inside a painful emotion and you’re going against the natural, reflexive behavior that your action impulses tell you to do. An example of Opposite Action is when you’re so depressed you don’t want to get out of the bed in the morning. Maybe you feel such pain, sadness and hopelessness that you would just rather hide under the covers and sleep all…
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DBT Skill of the Day: One Mindfully from Mindfulness Module
With our busy lives, with our worries about family, friends, money and work, it can be difficult to be fully present and to fully participate in each moment, task or interaction with others. The DBT skill “One Mindfully” helps to focus your attention on the current moment, task or interaction with other people. The details are: Let go of distractions and worries in the current moment. Focus your attention on the moment. Breathe and allow the distracting and worrying thoughts to exit your mind, like water going down a drain. Concentrate on the current moment. When you wash the dishes, just wash the dishes. Attend to the sensory feelings –…