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Xanax + Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) = Serious Dyscontrol
Those receiving alprazolam (Xanax) had an increase in the severity of the episodes of serious dyscontrol. Pharmacotherapy of Borderline Personality Disorder Alprazolam, Carbamazepine, Trifluoperazine, and Tranylcypromine Rex William Cowdry, MD; David L. Gardner, MD Sixteen female outpatients with borderline personality disorder and prominent behavioral dyscontrol, but without a current episode of major depression, were studied in a doubleblind, crossover trial of placebo and the following four active medications: alprazolam (average dose, 4.7 mg/d); carbamazepine (average dose, 820 mg/d); trifluoperazine hydrochloride (average dose, 7.8 mg/d); and tranylcypromine sulfate (average dose, 40 mg/d). Each trial was designed to last six weeks. Tranylcypromine and carbamazepine trials had the highest completion rates. Physicians rated…
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Child of Parent with BPD?
Inability to express or regulate emotions, difficulties establishing and maintaining relationships, and feelings of guilt, shame and emptiness were also noted among children of parents with borderline personality disorder. Understanding the impact of parents’ mental illness Research from the University of Adelaide has found that the children of parents suffering from an emotionally unstable form of personality disorder are at risk of developing behavioural and emotional issues – but the children can also be protected from experiencing similar difficulties to their parents. For her PhD research, Dianna Bartsch in the University’s School of Psychology has surveyed clinicians who work with parents who have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD)…
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Borderline Personality Disorder in Strippers/Exotic Dancers?
A study by the director of the Sexual Trauma and Psychopathology program at the University of Pennsylvania found 55 percent of strippers are diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and 60 percent experience depression. Bon: The above quote is from an article about strippers/exotic dancers… BEYOND THE POLE: The hidden world of exotic dancers Andrew Paxton | Oct 02, 2014 By JAMIE VERWYS “Looking to round up the finest 18 and over girls in Tucson, cash nightly.” Advertisements promising college women wads of cash for flashing serious skin aren’t hard to find. The call for exotic dancers can be found by picking up a copy of Tucson Weekly or Pima Community…
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Interesting Study on Self-Injury and Borderline Personality Disorder
Among the BPD factors, emotion dysregulation and disturbed relatedness were both associated with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) history, but only disturbed relatedness was associated with NSSI frequency. The relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and borderline personality disorder symptoms in a college sample Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a major concern in both clinical and non-clinical populations. It has been approximated that 65-80% of individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) engage in some form of NSSI.Despite such high co-morbidity, much still remains unknown about the relationship between NSSI and BPD symptomatology. The goal of the current study was to identify individual BPD symptoms and higher order BPD factors that increase one’s vulnerability of NSSI engagement…
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People With Borderline Personality Disorder May Misinterpret Facial Emotions
In studies, patients sometimes saw anger in a ‘neutral’ face and reacted to that threat THURSDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) — Symptoms of borderline personality disorder often mimic traits of other psychiatric disorders, complicating diagnosis and treatment. But researchers in Canada say they have identified a characteristic that may be unique to borderline personality disorder: a tendency to misinterpret emotions expressed by the face. “They have difficulty processing facial emotions and will see a negative emotion on a neutral face,” said Anthony Ruocco, a clinical neuropsychologist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto. “This is not seen in bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.” Inaccuracies in recognizing anger, sadness, fear and…
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Motive-oriented therapeutic relationship (MOTR) – A new treatment for borderline personality disorder
Motive-oriented therapeutic relationship (MOTR) was postulated to be a particularly helpful therapeutic ingredient in the early treatment phase of patients with personality disorders, in particular with borderline personality disorder (BPD). A new treatment for borderline personality disorder A group of Swiss investigators reports on a new type of psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. Motive-oriented therapeutic relationship (MOTR) was postulated to be a particularly helpful therapeutic ingredient in the early treatment phase of patients with personality disorders, in particular with borderline personality disorder (BPD). This randomized controlled study using an add-on design is the first study to test this assumption in a 10-session…
