Borderline Personality News

November 26, 2006

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Woman who claims split personalities to stand trial
Boston Globe
An arson suspect who told police she suffers from multiple personality disorder has been deemed competent to stand trial.

Proton Beam Therapy May Improve Treatment Of Rare But Aggressive Tumor
Science Daily
Proton beam radiation therapy, a very precise type of radiation treatment, may be an effective treatment for advanced adenoid cystic carcinoma that has spread to the cranial base.

Man acquitted of raping cellmate
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
EVERETT -- A Snohomish County jury has acquitted a 34-year-old man accused of raping his prison cellmate last year.

New center treats depression, anxiety
Bradenton Herald
Everyone experiences episodes of depression, whether they're fighting with a spouse or have lost a job.

Naif suspect 'has personality disorder'
Gulf News
Dubai: The medical examination of the Naif shootout suspect has revealed that he suffers from personality disorder but showed no psychosis symptoms during the observation period, a court was told yesterday.

Blame Myelin For Many Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Science Daily
Neurologist George Bartzokis argues that the brain's miles of myelin are a key evolutionary change that may make us vulnerable to highly prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders. He argues that viewing the brain as myelin-dependent may be key to developing new and novel treatments against disease.

Killer first to be treated under Texas predator law
Houston Chronicle
The photograph of the bloody, half-nude body of Wesley Wayne Miller's 18-year-old victim and testimony describing at least four other sexual assaults authorities believe he committed turned out to be persuasive evidence for the jury.

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