Borderline Personality News

December 11, 2006

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One-third of mental health patients treated in hospital back in year: report
CP via Yahoo! Canada News
TORONTO (CP) - A report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says more than one-third of patients discharged from hospital with a diagnosis of mental illness are back in hospital within a year.

One-third of mentally ill patients readmitted
CTV.ca
Mentally ill patients are more likely to be readmitted to hospital within one year than other types of patients, according to a new study.

Mayo: Twelve easy steps for going nuts during the holidays
Corvallis Gazette Times
BLODGETT - The holidays are nothing without tradition. This is the seventh or eighth time I've instructed you about the season. Hang in. Within the past decade, several new diseases and disorders have been discovered.

People with mental illness account for 30 per cent of days stayed in Canadian hospitals
Canada.com
OTTAWA - Nearly 40 per cent of all patients hospitalized for mental illness were readmitted within one year of their discharge and stayed in the hospital twice as long as other patients, a new study reveals.

Disturbing: A multiple personality suspect, a string of fires
Boston Globe
Rory Kilcullen saw a flickering flame and smelled smoke in the kitchen, thensaw a strange woman in the hallway.

Teens in trouble
The News Journal
Delaware ranked ahead of all other states in the rate of juvenile arrests in 2004, 539 for every 100,000 juveniles ages 10-17.

Retrial set for suspect in '92 Pearl City murders
Freeport Journal
FREEPORT - Jury selection is set to start Monday morning in the retrial of Ronald E. Burt of Rockford, who was sent to Illinois' Death Row for the 1992 murders of H. Steven Roy and Kevin Muto in a farmhouse in rural Pearl City.

Man convicted of assault with screwdriver
The Columbian
A Clark County jury on Wednesday convicted a 21-year-old drug addict of first-degree assault with a deadly weapon for stabbing a police officer in the head with a screwdriver last December.

Brain Scans May Predict Schizophrenia
Medical News Today
A small study on people identified as high risk for schizophrenia because two or more family members had the illness suggests certain changes occur in brain structure prior to onset. Scientists used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to monitor the brain tissue of 65 young people about every 18 months over a ten-year period.

Psychiatrist testifies murder suspect not mentally challenged
Herald Standard
A psychiatrist testified Friday that criminal homicide suspect James VanDivner 'exaggerated' his inability to perform basic tasks, and is not mildly mentally retarded.

Feeling Blue: Fighting teen depression
Gulf News
Dubai: Teenagers in the UAE are cutting more than classes, with some deliberately slashing themselves to free pent-up emotions, while health authorities report high numbers of schoolchildren with emotional disorders.

Treatment Discovered For Deadly Childhood Disease
Science Daily
Researchers have discovered that a treatment involving enzyme replacement therapy dramatically reduces the risk of death in children with Pompe disease, a rare genetic disorder in which most children die before their first birthday. The disorder causes profound muscle weakness and heart and breathing problems and affects as many as one in 40,000 births. The study is published in the online

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