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From hellish cycles to stability: A mental health story
“One in four people will have mental illness,” she said, in their lifetime. That’s a lot of people. From hellish cycles to stability: A mental health story Stephanie Dickrell Eventually, she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. “People think of you for (your diagnosis). You shouldn’t live your diagnosis. That’s what I’m trying to get out to people,” she said. But it didn’t start there. Hagfors had a hard time making and keeping friends as a child. Borderline personality disorder isn’t something that just happens. It develops over time via the environment, usually in childhood. “I was very emotional growing up. Like every…
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Study Will Evaluate Bipolar Medication in Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
The secondary outcomes are depressive symptoms, deliberate self-harm, social functioning, health-related quality of life, resource use and costs, side effects of treatment, adverse events, and withdrawal of trial medication due to adverse effects. Study Will Evaluate Bipolar Medication in Treating Borderline Personality Disorder Aug 12, 2015 | Bill Schu Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is challenging to diagnose and treat. As yet, there are no drugs currently licensed for BPD treatment. In fact, guidance from England’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends that pharmacologic therapy not be used for patients with BPD at all. This is potentially troubling, because those patients typically experience rapid and extreme changes in mood,…
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Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Announces Webinars Will Feature Personality Disorder, Addiction, Depression, Mood Disorders, Schizophrenia & Autism
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Announces Webinars Will Feature Personality Disorder, Addiction, Depression, Mood Disorders, Schizophrenia & Autism NEW YORK, June 25, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced new topics for its monthly webinar series during which leading mental health researchers discuss and answer questions about the latest in new technologies, early intervention strategies and next-generation therapies for brain and behavior disorders and mental illness. The lineup includes researchers from Harvard Medical School, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,University of California Los Angeles, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and Mount Sinai School of Medicine discussing the latest findings in borderline personality…
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Bipolar vs. Borderline Personality Disorder: The Differences Between The Two And How To Avoid Misdiagnosis
According to a study published in Psychiatry, a large number of bipolar patients (up to 69 percent) are misdiagnosed initially, and up to one-third remain misdiagnosed for a long time afterward. Bipolar vs. Borderline Personality Disorder: The Differences Between The Two And How To Avoid Misdiagnosis May 28, 2015 09:00 AM By Lecia Bushak While bipolar and borderline personality disorder have similar symptoms — such as extreme mood swings — that can oft confuse the two, they’re completely different conditions that have their own unique treatments. Diagnosing either of the disorders is extremely difficult and requires extensive questioning, medical history, and information about the person’s background and symptoms to get…
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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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New study shows harm of borderline personality disorder
Bipolar disorder is a widely researched, well-publicized, well-funded topic. By contrast, BPD is seldom discussed… New study shows harm of borderline personality disorder By G. Wayne Miller Journal Staff Writer Posted Apr. 24, 2015 at 3:51 PM PROVIDENCE – A research team headed by a Rhode Island Hospital psychiatrist reveals that persons who live with borderline personality disorder, or BPD, experience physical and mental difficulties that rival those associated with the more prevalent and better-known bipolar disorder. Dr. Mark Zimmerman’s study was published this week in the online edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry. BPD is a severe emotional disorder characterized by impulsive behaviors, anger, irritability, poor self image…
