Borderline Personality News

March 1, 2007

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U.S. soldier sentenced to 100 years for rape, murder
Reuters via Yahoo! News
A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty to raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her family was sentenced to 100 years in a military prison, the U.S. Army said on Thursday.

UCLA wins psychiatric sex trial, but no one gets monetary award
Los Angeles Times
A Los Angeles jury today ruled against a former UCLA psychiatric resident who claimed the school unfairly rescinded its offer of a coveted job because he broke off an affair with his supervisor.

Codependence and the Dependent Personality Disorder Revisited
BellaOnline
This article is a continuation on the discussion of differences between the dependent personality disorder and codependency.

No charges for killer
Northern Territory News
THE Territory's most notorious murderer is unlikely to ever be charged over another brutal killing in which he is the chief suspect. Andy Albury, 45, was jailed for life for slaying and mutilating the body of a woman with a broken bottle in Darwin in November 1983.

Road to obsession is paved with stress
Orange County Register
Loneliness and anger also can transform otherwise healthy relationships into something darker.

A Look At The Misunderstood World Of Hypomania
KXAN 36 Austin
Moody, misunderstood, misdiagnosed: it's all part of living with hypomania. The disorder amounts to euphoric energy and creativity with some dangerous drawbacks, but that's the simple version of a very complicated problem.

Mental woes common in weight-loss surgery patients
Reuters via Yahoo! News
About two-thirds of people seeking weight-loss surgery have suffered from a psychiatric disorder at some point in their lives, and personality disorders are also common among this group, according to researchers.

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