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Buckley woman’s struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder
You’d think asking what Borderline Personality Disorder is would be a simple question, but it’s really not. Buckley woman’s struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder Published date: 09 June 2015 | Published by: Rhian Waller YOU probably won’t have heard of a film called Welcome To Me. That’s because the film, starring Kristen Wiig, of Bridesmaids fame, is currently only out on limited release and on video on demand services like Netflix, rather than hitting the cinemas in a big way. At least one person in North Wales will be interested in the film. It approaches a subject that hasn’t been broached very often before in cinema, the struggles faced by…
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Being Mindful of Emotion to Validate Self and Others
Kelly Koerner, PhD – Dialectical Behavior Therapy: The State of the Art and Science – April 2-3 Seattle, WA No related posts.
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Can Sweden eliminate suicide?
Sweden has dramatically reduced traffic-accident deaths. Can it stop people from killing themselves? Can Sweden eliminate suicide? By Nathalie Rothschild Source: The Atlantic Road safety: It’s become one of Sweden’s most successful exports—right up there with flat-pack furniture and affordable fashion. Back in 1997, the Swedish parliament adopted a policy known as “Vision Zero,” premised on the idea that traffic deaths and serious car accidents are unacceptable and that the state should go to great lengths to help citizens avoid them. Today, the approach has been embraced everywhere from the European Union to New York City and San Jose. Just in recent weeks, Qatar hosted a vision-zero conference and Singapore…
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Study shows trend of prescribing opioids to patients with a comorbidity of borderline personality disorder increased over time
The results also suggest that these borderline patients may be particularly sensitive to physical pain–mirroring their well-known heightened sensitivity to emotional pain. Study shows trend of prescribing opioids to patients with a comorbidity of borderline personality disorder increased over time January 23, 2014 | By Joe Wiegel – PCLS President Patients with borderline personality disorder are being prescribed opioid pain medication at increasing rates according to a recent follow-up study by Drs. Frankenburg, Fitzmaurice and Zanarini. The researchers attempted to determine the rate of use of prescription opioid medications by patients with borderline personality disorder and compare that to the rate reported by the control group during a 10-year follow-up.…
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Online Education Improves Borderline Personality Symptoms
Psychiatrists may lean toward a diagnosis they think is more treatable and has a better prognosis, such as bipolar disorder, or one that they consider less “pejorative,” such as post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression. Online Education Improves Borderline Personality Symptoms Pauline Anderson June 02, 2015 Contrary to popular belief, informing patients that they have borderline personality disorder (BPD) does not have negative consequences. In fact, new research suggests that educating patients about this diagnosis leads to an improvement of symptoms and to better psychosocial outcomes. Mary C. Zanarini, EdD, Maclean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, discussed the benefits of an Internet-based psychoeducational intervention for BPD here at the American Psychiatric Association…
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8 things you can do to emotionally validate someone
Here are some things you can do and say to emotionally validate someone. Emotional validation is a great tool for interacting with an emotionally sensitive person like someone with BPD. Listen and be present. Listen and don’t speak right away. When someone is emotional, they want to be heard. Don’t fix their problem or give advice. They want to be heard, not advised. Reflect their emotions back accurately. After reading their emotions, reflect them back to the person to verify that you know how they feel. Focus on the emotions. If they weren’t experiencing strong emotions, they will not be acting the way they are. Don’t get caught up in the practical…