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People With Severe Personality Disorders Often Overprescribed Drugs By UK Psychiatrists
While treatment certainly varies, Paris believes “specialized treatments, such as dialectal behavior therapy and metallization-based treatment” more effectively treat patients with personality disorders. People With Severe Personality Disorders Often Overprescribed Drugs By UK Psychiatrists May 7, 2015 02:31 PM By Stephanie Castillo Psychiatrists in the UK are disregarding their clinical guidelines when it comes to treating their patients with personality disorders, according to new research published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Researchers surveyed 2,600 patients receiving psychiatric services for their diagnosed disorders, with more than two-thirds diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD). More commonly this disorder is referred to as borderline personality disorder (BPD). People with BPD experience…
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Video: Understanding Validation in Families – Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD
DBT and validation in families. Want to learn validation and other skills? Read “When Hope is Not Enough”. No related posts.
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Video: Marsha Linehan works with Male Patient
Marsha Linehan working with a Male patient. Interesting. No related posts.
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Video: Nice overview of DBT for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
DBT Peer Connections – Episode 0 – Introduction to DBT Skills Training – by Rachel Gill No related posts.
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New York Times Reporter Ben Carey to Receive Award from The Linehan Institute at the Linehan Institute Award Benefit
Through the provision of compassionate and effective therapies, the many who suffer from complex mental disorders can have renewed lives. New York Times Reporter Ben Carey to Receive Award from The Linehan Institute at the Linehan Institute Award Benefit New York Times reporter and author Benedict Carey will be honored at the Linehan Institute Award Benefit at the Midtown Loft, NY on May 20, 2015. Since 2004, Benedict J. Carey has been science reporter for The New York Times, focusing on brain and behavior topics. That year among his many articles piquing the interest of readers on mental health topics, “With Toughness and Caring, a Novel Therapy Helps Tortured Souls”…
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy Interventions Helpful In Preventing Suicide Attempts
Findings revealed that all three of the treatments made a significant difference in these women’s lives, reducing the severity of intentional self-injury, the number of suicide attempts and overall reason for living. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Interventions Helpful In Preventing Suicide Attempts Kathleen Lees First Posted: Mar 25, 2015 06:15 PM EDT New findings published in JAMA Psychiatry have shown that a variety of dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) interventions have be found helpful in preventing suicide attempts and nonsuicidal self-injury acts when reviewed in a randomized clinical trial of women who were dealing with a borderline personality disorder (BPD). Women who are suffering with BPD oftentimes have a heightened fear of…