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How Creativity and Flexibility in Therapy Changed My Healing Journey

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“Self Portrait” by Nancy Merlin, 2022 I began DBT when I was 20, following two hospitalizations and several suicide attempts. By that point, I had learned that DBT was developed to treat Borderline Personality Disorder, the symptoms of which I seemed to share. The doctor said that sounded right.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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For example, the violent crime rate fell by 49% between 1993 and 2022, with substantial decreases in robbery, aggravated assault, and murder rates. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is often mistaken for PTSD (as it’s currently defined) due to shared symptoms like emotional instability and turbulent interpersonal relationships.

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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

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There were 14 versus 3 discontinuations (P = 0.02) among the 228 versus 190 children for reasons related to suicide and violence (suicide attempt, euphoria, manic reaction, agitation, hyperkinesia, nervousness, personality disorder, hostility, and depression). 14 An effect this small does not have any clinical meaning.

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The TikTokification of Mental Health on Campus

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People have less faith in me than they usually do,” says one college sophomore about her experiences disclosing her borderline personality disorder (BPD) diagnosis. For some, disclosing a diagnosis still leads to the opposite reaction. But I don’t know how far their understanding goes.”

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Is Madness an Evolved Signal? Justin Garson on Strategy Versus Dysfunction

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His most recent book is Madness: A Philosophical Exploration , published by Oxford University Press in 2022. Moore: I’d like to go on to talk about your 2022 book entitled, Madness: A Philosophical Exploration. There I talk about depression, I talk about some of the so-called personality disorders.

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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS): How the Last Step to Recovery Became the Final Step in Life

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Especially when you consider that it is now known that women react differently to antipsychotics than men ( de Boer, Brand, Sommer 2022 ). Unfortunately, that stopped when we moved to the far north in April 2022, hoping that the quiet there would give me a real chance for recovery. Their help was gold.

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2025 Election Begins March 1

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Personal Statement : Dr. Young’s specific areas of clinical interest include treating complex mood disorders, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders, personality disorders, and substance use disorders. He also has a strong interest in sports and performance psychiatry.