Borderline Personality News

January 22, 2007

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Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, If You Learned To: Study On Fear Responses Suggests New ...
Science Daily
A new study on rats has identified a part of the brain's cortex that controls learned but not innate fear responses. The results suggest that hyperactivity in a region of the prefrontal cortex might contribute to disorders of learned fear in humans, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders.

Getting SAD Is More Than Having The Blues
Science Daily
While many people believe that Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) amounts to feeling gloomy in the winter, a University of Rochester research review emphasizes that SAD is actually a subtype of major depression and should be treated as such.

Newer Class Of Antidepressants Similar In Effectiveness, But Side Effects Differ
Medical News Today
Today's most commonly prescribed antidepressants are similar in effectiveness to each other but differ when it comes to possible side effects, according to an analysis released today by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Book claiming Di was 'psychotic' causes outrage
New Kerala
London, Jan 25 : A new book claiming that Princess Diana may have been schizophrenic is in the eye of a storm. Author Howard Hodgson, who says he is a friend of Prince Charles alleges Diana was "psychotic" or "mentally ill".

Many faces of the middle-class
IBN live Wed, 24 Jan 2007 7:22 PM PST
Would you define the middle-class in terms of income, aspiration or values? Is it's character changing now?

Killer's mobile phone confession
Sunderland Echo
Scott Nichols sneered into his own mobile phone and growled "murderer" shortly after killing harmless Lee Phipps, 31. He also revealed a warped fantasy to capture someone and "cut them up like a fish."

Some States More Likely To Have Serial Killers
Fox 12 Oregon
Did you know that people living in the Western region of the United States are more likely to become victims of a serial killer than people living in the Northeast?

Family's plea for help
Illawarra Mercury
PART of Bill Carroll's work involves collecting the bodies of suicide victims. He dreads one day he could be called to his own home. Mr Carroll works for the funeral company that has the government contract to pick up the bodies of deceased people for the police.

Breakthrough For Heroin Addiction Treatment
Science Daily
University of Adelaide researchers have made a breakthrough in the treatment of heroin addiction which could improve treatment success rates for millions of heroin users around the world. Researchers in the Discipline of Pharmacology have discovered a genetic variation that may help determine the most effective methadone dosage levels for individual heroin addicts.

New Review May Ease Worries Of People With Disabling Anxiety Disorder
Science Daily
People with generalized anxiety disorder worry -- about many things at a time -- to the point that it interferes with their day-to-day living. Now, a newly published review of studies suggests that a specific type of psychotherapy is effective in reducing symptoms.

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