Borderline Personality News

April 01, 2009

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BOOK REVIEW: Try to Remember: Psychiatry's Clash over Meaning, Memory, and Mind
New England Journal of Medicine
 
This book is an account of author Paul McHugh's involvement in scientific and legal battles regarding false memory syndrome and multiple personality disorder. A final chapter is devoted to McHugh's ...

 

The Roots of Problem Personalities
Scientific American
 

Glenn Close's unforgettably vivid portrayal in the movie Fatal Attraction gave viewers a front-row look at the damaging mental illness known as borderline personality disorder (BPD). By itself, this ailment accounts for up to 10 percent of patients under psychiatric care and 20 percent of those who have to be hospitalized. The defining characteristic is pervasive instability in the patient's...

 

Multiple personality disorder cited in case of horrific 2005 triple murder
The Jersey Journal
 
Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournalTriple murder suspect Dwayne Wilson is flanked by his attorneys, John Booth and Michelle Adubato, in court Friday where his multiple personalities were discussed. The horrific triple murder of a Jersey City woman and two of...

 

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