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How Borderline Personality Disorder Put an End to My Party Days (#BPD)
The negative emotions I have are immobilizing. They crash over me like huge waves, knocking the wind out of me and forcing me underwater. How Borderline Personality Disorder Put an End to My Party Days August 10, 2015 by Harriet Williamson In the summer of 2010, just before I turned 19 and in my first year of university, I attempted suicide with a month’s supply of my antidepressants and ended up in intensive care, breathing on a machine. By my second year, my good-time friends had had enough of me. I was no longer invited out, and became very isolated and increasingly unhappy. I got into an abusive relationship and…
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Children with Mental Illness are as Problematic as Adults
This can be a major problem later on, not only for them as adults, but for the whole society in general, once they start committing various criminal acts. Children with Mental Illness are as Problematic as Adults JULY 16, 2015 It is accustomed that psychiatric problems are dealt with once the first consequences start to show up. Thus, if an adult feels depressed or has committed an unlawful act due to his or her mental state, measures are taken. Nevertheless, a recent study proves that mental problems should be dealt with earlier in life because children who display mild depression or unusual mental states that come and go, are more…
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Change in Emotion Regulation during the Course of Treatment Predicts Binge Abstinence
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), which appears to be an effective treatment for binge eating disorder Change in Emotion Regulation during the Course of Treatment Predicts Binge Abstinence in Guided Self-help Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Binge Eating Disorder Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), which appears to be an effective treatment for binge eating disorder (BED), focuses on teaching emotion regulation skills. However, the role of improved emotion regulation in predicting treatment outcome in BED is uncertain. Methods: This secondary analysis explored whether change in self-reported emotion regulation (as measured by the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale) during treatment was associated with abstinence from binge eating at post-treatment and 4-, 5-, and 6-month…
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My girl has not eaten for a year but NHS refuses to help
A mother whose anorexic daughter has refused food for a year has criticised the NHS for failing to provide the life-saving treatment she needs. Emma Duffy: ‘My girl has not eaten for a year but NHS refuses to help’ A mother whose anorexic daughter has refused food for a year has criticised the NHS for failing to provide the life-saving treatment she needs. Beverley Duffy’s daughter, Emma, who also suffers from borderline personality disorder, relies on liquid nutrition through a tube. But the 24-year-old has been refused a bed at The Retreat, in York – one of the nation’s only units to treat eating disorders and BPD together – on…
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Emotional Overeating
For many, overeating is a state of mind. Find out why overeating is often emotional, how to cope and how to stop yourself. I get so emotional, baby … and I think of food By Jeff Schnaufer CTW Features You’ve had a bad day at work. Or maybe someone cut you off in traffic. Or perhaps you found a handful of bills in the mailbox.Whatever the case, you walk through the front door and head straight for the freezer and devour a carton of frozen goodies to relieve that emotional angst gnawing at you. Sound familiar? No matter age, weight or gender, emotional overeating is an equal opportunity offender affecting millions…
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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…