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National Alliance on Mental Illness offers Family to Family education program – New Jersey
The course discusses the clinical treatment of these illnesses and teaches the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope more effectively as caregivers. National Alliance on Mental Illness offers Family to Family education program By Hunterdon County Democrat on January 16, 2015 at 2:24 PM, updated January 16, 2015 at 2:28 PM NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Family to Family Education Program is a 12-week course for anyone with an adult (over 18 years) family member or close friend with a mental illness (brain disorder). The course is taught by trained NAMI family members. All course materials are furnished at no cost. The curriculum focuses on…
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How Patient Suicide Affects Psychiatrists
An estimated 80 percent of borderline patients attempt suicide, with an average of three attempts per person According to most statistics, about 10 percent succeed, making BPD one of the most lethal existing psychiatric illnesses. How Patient Suicide Affects Psychiatrists Mental-health practitioners whose clients kill themselves can face stigma from their colleagues, lawsuits, and a toll on their own psyches—making them less likely to take on suicidal patients who need their help. SULOME ANDERSONJAN 20 2015, 7:10 AM ET It’s hard to listen to a psychiatrist who sounds so broken. I expect a mental-health provider to seem healthy, detached. But even over the phone, the weariness in Dr. Brown’s voice…
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Living with Borderline Personality Disorder
The mood swings, the periods of depression, the paranoia over personal relationships and the issues with using drink as a crutch rather than an entertainment aid remain. Living with Borderline Personality Disorder By Charlotte Dingle I was first diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder when I was 16. I’d been hacking at my arms with razorblades for two years by then. My only real comforts were writing poetry, drawing and drinking cheap white cider – which I managed to get hold of by hanging outside off-licenses and flirting with the men going in. Eccentric and over-sensitive, I was ostracised by much of my peer group at school. Borderline Personality Disorder mainly…