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Methadone: A mother’s search for answers
Bonnie also struggled with mental illness, including borderline personality disorder, which is marked by unstable moods and difficulty controlling emotions. Methadone: A mother’s search for answers By Ella Nilsen Outside the Keene Metro Treatment Center on Route 10 in Swanzey, Kathy White of Fitzwilliam shook her head and steeled herself against the brisk winter air. Before getting back into the car, she took a quick puff on a cigarette to calm her nerves. It was early March, nearly eight months after Kathy, 58, first requested her daughter Bonnie White’s medical records from the clinic, which dispenses methadone to people who say they want to get clean from opiates, including heroin…
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The day I tried to end my life
I would say the impulsivity of the BPD was what drove me to jump off the bridge that day. The day I tried to end my life I NEVER imagined one day could change my life so drastically. In hindsight it was no different to any other; I felt depressed and suffered suicidal ideations. However, after I had been to visit my psychiatrist who I was in regular contact with I felt particularly down. Just like any of the other times I felt this way I took the train and then walked the short distance to a well know Brisbane bridge. I enjoyed going to the bridge because in a…
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Too many deaths in custody are preventable but staff lack mental health expertise, says human rights body
Hundreds of deaths were avoidable and were caused by repeated “basic errors” by staff ignorant of mental-health risks Too many deaths in custody are preventable but staff lack mental health expertise, says human rights body CHARLIE COOPER Monday 23 February 2015 Hundreds of deaths in psychiatric units, prisons and police cells between 2010 and 2013 were avoidable and were caused by repeated “basic errors” by staff ignorant of mental-health risks, human rights advocates have said. Numerous suicides in detention came after failures to monitor patients or to remove hanging risks, according to a report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Its seven-month inquiry into deaths in UK hospital and…
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Hospital is condemned after charity worker, 27, kills herself on the ward: Staff failed to assess her despite 12 suicide bids
She had Borderline Personality Disorder which meant she had a fear of ‘rejection and abandonment. Hospital is condemned after charity worker, 27, kills herself on the ward: Staff failed to assess her despite 12 suicide bids By JAYA NARAIN FOR THE DAILY MAIL and RICHARD SPILLETT FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 07:55 EST, 3 February 2015 | UPDATED: 03:08 EST, 4 February 2015 A charity worker who had attempted suicide a dozen times was failed by doctors when she was admitted to hospital after taking an overdose, an inquest heard. Kim Lindfield was not given a mental health assessment despite suffering severe depression for years. The 27-year-old, who felt doctors saw her…
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Suicide in America: An awful hole
Women make nearly four times as many suicide attempts as men, but men succeed four times as often. Men favour bloodier methods: most use a gun, whereas less than a third of women do. Women may be better at asking for help; overall, they are two and a half times more likely than men to take anti-depressants. Suicide in America: An awful hole Why more Americans are killing themselves Jan 31st 2015 BEING depressed is like having a terrible headache, says one Atlanta businessman. Except that a few days of rest do not stop the pain: “You’re just expected to keep going.” Trying to “man up”, he sought little help for…
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Managing Suicidality in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder
In BPD, the most typical suicidal behavior is an overdose of pills, occurring in an interpersonal context. These overdoses usually carry a message—sometimes for a lover and sometimes for a therapist. Patients with BPD also tend to cut their wrists repetitively, and/or carry out other actions to hurt themselves. Managing Suicidality in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder July 01, 2006 By Joel Paris, MD Suicidality is a defining feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD). It is also the feature that creates the most anxiety among those who treat patients with this disorder. It is rare to find patients with BPD who have never shown any suicidal behavior. As described in…
