Borderline Personality News
February 7, 2007
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The Problem With Treating Spondylarthritis With Anti-TNF Strategies
Science Daily
Researchers tested the effectiveness of etanercept, an established TNF
receptor, on animal models of arthritis. Their cast doubts on the
feasibility of preventing joint and spine ankylosis with anti-TNF
strategies while shedding light on the process of SpA.
Antipsychotic Drug Controls Some Symptoms In Autism Disorder
Science Daily
Risperidone, a drug used to control schizophrenia symptoms, may also
help treat behaviors found in autism spectrum disorder, according to a
new review of studies.
Second
psychiatric evaluation ordered for woman
WCAX 3
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. -- A judge ordered a new psychiatric
evaluation Wednesday for an arson suspect who claims multiple
personality disorder and allegedly keeps journals to record...
Second
mental evaluation ordered for arson suspect following outburst
WCAX
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. A judge ordered a new pyschiatric evaluation
for a woman charged in two arson fires who claimed to have multiple
personality...
Antipsychotic Drug Controls Some Symptoms In Autism Disorder
Science Daily
Risperidone, a drug used to control schizophrenia symptoms, may also
help treat behaviors found in autism spectrum disorder, according to a
new review of studies.
Serial conwoman jailed for two years
Gulf News
London: A serial conwoman who left a string of broken hearts in her wake
and plundered the bank accounts of men she met through lonely hearts
adverts was yesterday jailed for two years.
Psychiatric evaluation ordered for woman who claims multiple personality
disorder
The Barre Montpelier Times Argus
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION -- A judge ordered a new psychiatric evaluation
Wednesday for an arson suspect who claims multiple personality disorder
and allegedly keeps journals to record the activities of her "alters."
... - By John Curran Associated Press
Jury Rules Hedge Must Remain In Mental Hospital
10 News San Diego
A convicted pedophile is a sexually violent predator and should remain
at Atascadero State Hospital, where he can continue receiving treatment
for his sexual disorders, a jury determines.
Autism May Not Be The Only Childhood Psychiatric Disorder On The Rise
Science Daily
The incidence of three childhood neuropsychiatric disorders, including
autism, increased among Danish children between 1990 and 2004, according
to a report in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent
Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The findings suggest that
recent upward trends in reported autism diagnoses may be part of a
broader pattern in childhood mental illness.
Bad Axe couple pleads to charges in child abuse case
Huron Daily Tribune
BAD AXE - A tragic child abuse case involving an infant less than one
month old came to an end with the parents of the boy who suffered
life-threatening injuries in early February 2006 confessing to Huron
County Circuit Court Judge M. Richard Knoblock Monday afternoon about
their involvement.
NAMI offers free education for families of mentally ill
Asheville Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE - NAMI Family-to-Family education, a series of free classes
for relatives and friends of an individual with a severe mental illness,
will be offered at on 12 consecutive Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. beginning
March 15 in Asheville.
Pressure on astronauts sometimes is too much, psychologists say
Orlando Sentinel
To be an astronaut, you have to be the best of the best.
Murderer's appeal is turned down
BBC News
A killer who beat a man to death fails to have his minimum prison term
cut on appeal.
Astronauts' mental state not tested regularly
Chicago Tribune
NASA astronauts undergo a psychological assessment when they first join
the space agency, but they'll face no further evaluations during their
careers unless issues arise during their annual flight physicals, the
space agency said Tuesday.
Son shoots parents, self, injures officer
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
LAMAR, Texas - A mentally ill man shot and killed his elderly parents
and sprayed gunfire on a sheriff's deputy before turning the gun on
himself and committing suicide, Aransas County sheriff's officials said
Wednesday.
Problems often hard to predict
Florida
Mental problems are hard to predict but not unexpected, even in the
rigorously chosen as
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