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How the Military Retaliates Against Sexual Assault Victims
The Air Force called her in for a re-evaluation, determining that she had a borderline personality disorder, court documents show — a common diagnosis for military sexual assault victims — and downgraded her disability rating to 30 percent, which would affect the amount of benefits she could receive. How the Military Retaliates Against Sexual Assault Victims May 18, 2015, 6:33 pm ET by Sarah Childress Jessica Hinves didn’t want to report her rape. A young airman who’d grown up in a military family, Hinves was afraid of jeopardizing her career. She didn’t think anyone would believe that a colleague had assaulted her. “I didn’t believe it, until it happened to…
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Margaret McClure’s Research Recognized at Personality Disorders Conference
Nearly three quarters of people diagnosed with the condition are female, but recent research suggests that there might be more men with the condition than reported. Dr. McClure’s research further corroborates those studies. Margaret McClure’s Research Recognized at Personality Disorders Conference Margaret McClure, PhD and assistant professor of psychology, recently impressed colleagues and experts in the field of clinical psychology at the 2015 meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (NASSPD). Dr. McClure presented her research on gender bias in borderline personality disorder (BPD) and was recognized for “Best Poster presentation.” The criteria for the award were best overall design and most significant contribution to…
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Why Bipolar Disorder Is Often Misdiagnosed
Zimmerman says, bipolar disorder shares some symptoms with borderline personality disorder, a condition marked by impulsive behavior and problems relating to other people — and because of this, people who have borderline personality disorder are often misdiagnosed as bipolar. Why Bipolar Disorder Is Often Misdiagnosed By Jennifer Acosta Scott Reviewed by Farrokh Sohrabi, MD Bipolar disorder is missed in some people and mistakenly diagnosed in others. Find out why. About four percent of people in the United States are diagnosed with bipolar disorder at some point in their lives, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In recent years, however, some researchers have called some of those diagnoses…
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Narcissist or Sociopath in Your Life? Four Essential Answers
Borderline folks are at the mercy of their own pain, and have little energy left over to offer care for others. They are capable of both guilt and empathy, but often cannot access either. Narcissist or Sociopath in Your Life? Four Essential Answers By Jonice Webb PhD As a blogger on PsychCentral, I regularly read the most popular blog posts. I’ve noticed that articles that contain the words “narcissist, borderline or sociopath,” three types of personality disorders (PDs), are often the most read, liked and shared. I also notice that the folks who comment on those posts very often express a mixture of strong emotions like confusion, hurt, anger and…
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NY Times: No Longer Wanting to Die
Before her patients could or would change, she saw, they needed to accept themselves, and to be accepted, exactly as they were in the present. No Longer Wanting to Die By WILL LIPPINCOTT MAY 16, 2015 2:30 PM In January 2012, two weeks after my discharge from a psychiatric hospital in Connecticut, I made a plan to die. My week in an acute care unit that had me on a suicide watch had not diminished my pain. Back in New York, I stormed out of my therapist’s office and declared I wouldn’t return to the treatment I’d dutifully followed for three decades. Nothing was working, so what was the point?…
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Fight Stigma: Facts about Borderline Personality Disorder
Myths about BPD abound. Part of fighting the stigma is to know the facts. Bon: From one of my favorite sources – Karen Hall’s Emotionally Sensitive Person blog. Fight Stigma: Facts about Borderline Personality Disorder By Karyn Hall, PhD May is Borderline Personality Awareness Month. To fight the stigma that is so difficult for individuals with mental illness and particularly for individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD), I encourage you to learn more about the disorder. Stigma can be devastating to individuals who are already struggling with intensely painful emotions and a fear of not belonging or fitting in. Stigma also can stop individuals from getting the help that is…