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How To Stop Bad Dreams In 7 Steps, Because Nightmares Are No Fun
A lot of psychological issues — like PTSD and borderline personality disorder — cause sufferers to have frequent vivid nightmares. How To Stop Bad Dreams In 7 Steps, Because Nightmares Are No Fun GABRIELLE MOSS Most of us grapple with nightmares as kids — but becoming an adult doesn’t automatically make us stop having bad dreams. In fact, researchers estimate that three-quarters of all of our dreams are nightmares, even if we don’t live anywhere near Elm Street — we just usually don’t remember our dreams after we wake up. And if you’re one of the five to 10 percent of adults who have at least more than one nightmare…
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Personality Disorders Largely Being Treated Inappropriately by Psychiatrists
The easiest choice is to focus on pharmacologic therapy for target symptoms rather than the personality disorder as a whole. Personality Disorders Largely Being Treated Inappropriately by Psychiatrists May 6, 2015 Psychiatrists are giving drugs to most people with emotionally unstable personality disorders outside of the best-practice clinical guidelines, according to a study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. And an accompanying editorial stated that the reason is because “therapy takes time.” The researchers performed a cross-sectional survey of self-selected psychiatric services, and found that of 2,600 patients with a diagnosis of personality disorder, more than two-thirds (68%) had a diagnosis of emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD). Nearly all of…
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Few Central Florida schools offer mental illness education
Diagnosed with borderline personality disorder — a roller coaster of intense emotions and profound fear of abandonment — she has learned to think of her emotional life as weather. The passing storms can’t hurt the sky, she likes to say, but they do cause her to seek shelter. Few Central Florida schools offer mental illness education by Kate Santich Orlando Sentinel Megan Coduto’s first symptoms of mental illness came when she was 2. “I was still in diapers when my mother placed me on the counter in the bathroom, and I looked in the mirror and said, ‘I hate me,'” she tells a group of students at Edgewater High School.…
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Hospital denied suicidal teen
Two days later she attempted suicide on the ward but was discharged two days on and was found dead near her home the next day. Hospital denied suicidal teen Angela Pownall May 7, 2015, 1:25 am A father gave harrowing evidence in WA’s Coroner’s Court yesterday about how his suicidal teenage daughter pleaded to stay longer in a WA psychiatric hospital. Ruby Nicholls-Diver, 18, who was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, went to Fremantle’s Alma Street Clinic on February 26, 2011 because she was feeling increasingly suicidal. Two days later she attempted suicide on the ward but was discharged two days on and was found dead near her home the…
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The Linehan Institute to Recognize Those Who Have Made Significant Contributions to Fight the Stigma of Mental Illness and Provide Services to Those in Need
800,000 people die by suicide worldwide every year. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) reduces suicide attempts by half. The Linehan Institute to Recognize Those Who Have Made Significant Contributions to Fight the Stigma of Mental Illness and Provide Services to Those in Need The Linehan Institute Award Benefit will be held at the Midtown Loft, NY on May 20, 2015. 800,000 people die by suicide worldwide every year. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) reduces suicide attempts by half. The Linehan Institute Award Benefit honors those who have made significant contributions to improve access to treatment and reduce stigma for those who suffer from severe and complex mental disorders. Funds raised at the…
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People With Severe Personality Disorders Often Overprescribed Drugs By UK Psychiatrists
While treatment certainly varies, Paris believes “specialized treatments, such as dialectal behavior therapy and metallization-based treatment” more effectively treat patients with personality disorders. People With Severe Personality Disorders Often Overprescribed Drugs By UK Psychiatrists May 7, 2015 02:31 PM By Stephanie Castillo Psychiatrists in the UK are disregarding their clinical guidelines when it comes to treating their patients with personality disorders, according to new research published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Researchers surveyed 2,600 patients receiving psychiatric services for their diagnosed disorders, with more than two-thirds diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD). More commonly this disorder is referred to as borderline personality disorder (BPD). People with BPD experience…