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As Olympic golden girl Victoria Pendleton admits self-harming… the secret pressures driving so many teenage girls to cut
Recent research suggests that between one in 12 and one in 15 British teenagers is known to self-harm, while the number of children being admitted to hospital in England with self-inflicted injuries has increased by 68 per cent in the past decade. As Olympic golden girl Victoria Pendleton admits self-harming… the secret pressures driving so many teenage girls to cut By Antonia Hoyle PUBLISHED: 16:58 EST, 5 September 2012 | UPDATED: 12:26 EST, 6 September 2012 Anguish: ‘I hated my body and wanted to hurt it,’ says Megan Amy Feltham took a deep breath and ran her penknife across her arm. As the blade pierced her skin and blood seeped…
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Marsha Linehan receives Psychiatry Award
Dr. Marsha M. Linehan, an expert in the treatment of suicidal behaviors, personality disorders – including eating disorders – and other complex mental disorders, has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Joan and Stanford Alexander Award in Psychiatry. Psychiatry award recipient to present lecture on dialectical behavior therapy (link) HOUSTON — (April 17, 2012) — Dr. Marsha M. Linehan, an expert in the treatment of suicidal behaviors, personality disorders – including eating disorders – and other complex mental disorders, has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Joan and Stanford Alexander Award in Psychiatry. The award was established in honor of Dr. Stuart Yudofsky, professor and chair…
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Self-harming put world on pause for me, says teen
A mother and her teenage son gave a rare insight into the trauma of self-harm yesterday. Self-harming put world on pause for me, says teen (link) By Evelyn Ring Saturday, March 03, 2012 A mother and her teenage son gave a rare insight into the trauma of self-harm yesterday. Dara and Eoghan — who only wanted to be identified by their first names — said it was talking about the problem rather than medication that had worked best for them. Eoghan told a major conference on self-injury in Trinity College Dublin, that he first became depressed when he was 15 years old because he was unhappy at school. He started…
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Back from the Edge
Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has released the documentary Back from the Edge on YouTube. http://youtu.be/967Ckat7f98 No related posts.
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Interesting Interview with Dr. Leland Heller about BPD
“Much of it comes from self-destructive behaviors that are used to stop the horrible pain of dysphoria; anxiety, rage, depression and despair. When an individual behaves out-of-control, in a manner that’s inconsistent with their beliefs or normal choices, terrible self-hate develops. Additionally many individuals had low self-esteem and related problems since childhood and are in an environment that causes self-hate to flourish.” – from the interview Bon: I found an interview with Dr. Leland Heller about Borderline Personality Disorder. He does a good job explaining the pain associated with the disorder… Here are some excerpts. The entire interview can be read here. Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder And Finding Treatment That…
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A therapy that helps to rebuild broken lives- DBT
ANNE* ALWAYS felt she was different from everybody else and, having had a difficult early childhood, by the time she was a teenager she did not think she belonged in this world. A therapy that helps to rebuild broken lives SHEILA WAYMAN Tue, Dec 27, 2011 ANNE* ALWAYS felt she was different from everybody else and, having had a difficult early childhood, by the time she was a teenager she did not think she belonged in this world. “I believed I was invisible – I didn’t think people saw me,” she says. “I was insecure and very mixed up about my own identity; I did not know who I was,…