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Marsha Linehan outspoken of her own BPD?
I recently stumbled on an interview with WYNC (public radio in NYC) with Jayson Blair and his new employer Dr. Michael Oberschneider. Blair was the NY Times reporter who admittedly fabricated stories in 2003. In the interview, Dr. Oberschneider says that Marsha Linehan: “…has been outspoken about her own Borderline Personality Disorder.” I have never heard or read that Dr. Linehan has said she has BPD. Does anyone know of this reference and what “outspoken” means? Here is the interview: Jayson Blair Interview No related posts.
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People with Borderline Personality Disorder over diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder
Article from Science Daily about over-diagnosis of bipolar disorder: If Bipolar Disorder Is Over-diagnosed, What Are The Actual Diagnoses? ScienceDaily (July 29, 2009) — A year ago, a study by Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University researchers reported that fewer than half the patients previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder received an actual diagnosis of bipolar disorder after using a comprehensive, psychiatric diagnostic interview tool –the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID). In this follow-up study, the researchers have determined the actual diagnoses of those patients. Their study is published in the July 28 ahead of print online edition of The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Under the direction of lead author…
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Article in Time about the DSM
Here’s an article about the DSM… Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2009 Redefining Crazy: Researchers Revise the DSM By John Cloud If you wanted to make a list of important books you should read, what would you choose? Anna Karenina, maybe? The Bible? How about the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? It may not be at the top of your list, but the DSM, as it’s usually called, is one of the most important books in the world. It attempts to categorize, describe and give a code number to literally every problem that can occur in your mind, from schizophrenia to borderline personality disorder to something called mathematics disorder, which…
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BPD more prevelant than previously thought?
When I was reading the Time article on BPD – which is cited below and provides a nice new overview of BPD – I was struck by this quotation: A 2008 study of nearly 35,000 adults in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry found that 5.9%–which would translate into 18 million Americans–had been given a BPD diagnosis. As recently as 2000, the American Psychiatric Association believed that only 2% had BPD. (In contrast, clinicians diagnose bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in about 1% of the population.) BPD has long been regarded as an illness disproportionately affecting women, but the latest research shows no difference in prevalence rates for men and women. Regardless…
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Possible Genetic link in BPD?
From Science Daily: Possible Genetic Causes Of Borderline Personality Disorder Identified ScienceDaily (Dec. 20, 2008) — According to the National Institute of Mental Health, borderline personality disorder (BPD) is more common than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and is estimated to affect 2 percent of the population. In a new study, a University of Missouri researcher and Dutch team of research collaborators found that genetic material on chromosome nine was linked to BPD features, a disorder characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self-image and behavior, and can lead to suicidal behavior, substance abuse and failed relationships. “The results of this study hopefully will bring researchers closer to determining the…
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NY Times Article that Mentions BPD
NY Times article mentioning BPD. I’d love to comment, but will have to do so later…. October 21, 2008 Mind When All Else Fails, Blaming the Patient Often Comes Next By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D Doctors and psychotherapists generally don’t like it when their patients don’t get better. But the fact is that lots of patients elude our clinical skill and therapeutic cleverness. That’s often when the trouble starts. I met one such patient not long ago, a man in his early 30s, who had suffered from depression since his teenage years. In six years of psychotherapy, he had been given nearly every antidepressant under the sun, but his mood…